Cavern of Souls — the Lost Caverns reprint that finally hit Standard

Cavern of Souls is a land. As it enters you choose a creature type. It taps for colorless or for one mana of any color — but that colored mana can only be spent to cast a creature spell of the chosen type, and that spell can’t be countered. So in tribal decks it’s mana fixing and a way to push your threats through countermagic. It’s been a Commander and Modern staple for years. The price had stayed high because reprints were rare. Then The Lost Caverns of Ixalan (2023) put it in a standard-legal set. Same card, new supply. The market reacted.

What the reprint did

LCI gave Cavern a normal booster printing. More supply usually means the new version trades at a lower price than the oldest printings — and that’s what happened. But demand is still high. Tribal decks in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, and Commander all want it. So the LCI copy found a floor; it didn’t crater. We’re not calling a top or a bottom. We’re giving you the chart for the Lost Caverns printing. Toggle regular vs foil and see where the market landed. If you’re in the market for a copy, the LCI version is the one most people are opening and buying. The Gazette will keep watching. May your tribes be uncounterable.