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Mystic Sanctuaryutility$4.05A blue utility land that provides card-selection value from the mana base, often functioning as a late-game source of repeatable advantage. It fits similar decks that can reliably produce Islands and want a nonspell source of control value.Halimar Depthsutility$0.39Another blue land that gives scry-based selection on entry, helping smooth draws in the same kind of blue control or tempo shell. It is cheaper in activation cost because it frontloads the filtering instead of requiring mana later.Lonely Sandbarutility$0.25A blue utility land that trades raw mana production for card selection through cycling, serving a similar role of reducing flood and improving late-game draws. It is more flexible but provides less board impact than Castle Vantress.Oboro, Palace in the Cloudsutility$20.44A blue legend land that can effectively reset itself and supports blue mana bases while offering subtle utility. It is a niche upgrade in some decks because it has unique interaction with landfall and bounce effects.Minamo, School at Water's Edgeutility$52.30A blue utility land that provides incremental value in control decks by untapping key permanents, similar to Castle Vantress as a low-opportunity-cost land slot. It does not scry, but it fills the same 'mana base with utility' role.Ipnu RivuletutilityBudget$0.18A colorless utility land with an activated ability that gives late-game resource conversion from a land slot. It serves a similar purpose of turning excess mana into value, though it is more fringe and less directly card-selection focused.Geier Reach Sanitariumutility$0.76A utility land that turns spare mana into hand filtering and selection, which is similar to Castle Vantress’s role in grindy games. It is broader in effect but costs more colored flexibility because it is colorless.Temple of Deceitutility$0.41A scry land that provides immediate topdeck smoothing and is widely used as a budget-style alternative in blue-based control shells. It is slower on entry but gives guaranteed scry 1 without needing additional mana.
