Volrath's Stronghold
{T}: Add {C}.
{1}{B}, {T}: Put target creature card from your graveyard on top of your library.
Volrath's Stronghold is a black card, legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Stronghold printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€66.77) · TCGplayer ($139.03) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €64.70 and €82.35 in that time.
Also printed with a gold border in World Championship Decks 1998 and 1999, for less. Gold-bordered copies aren't tournament legal, but some Premodern events allow them: where, and what they save.
How often Volrath's Stronghold is played
Volrath's Stronghold is maindecked in 7 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (5%), averaging 1.0 copies; kept in 1 sideboard (1%); used by 1 of 33 tracked archetypes.
Counting only the 75 decks that can cast black cards, 8 of them play it (11%).
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Volrath's Stronghold
- The Rock: A land that puts a creature card from your graveyard on top of your library for {1}{B} and a tap, at instant speed, so it becomes your next draw. It is in about two of five lists since September, and in a long game it keeps the threats coming without costing a card.
Tournament decks with Volrath's Stronghold
- P-Deadguy Ale: 2nd Place at Online Monthly (1× sideboard)
- Rakdos Goblins: 1st Place at Side Event - Czech Nationals (1× mainboard)
- Mono Black: 10th Place at Bogardan War II (1× mainboard)
- Mono Black Clerics: 3rd Place at IX Torneo Mensual (1× mainboard)
- Survival Infestation: 5th Place at Liga Paulista de Premodern 2026 (1× mainboard)
- BRG Midrange: 7th Place at PM Burro Singles @SPMCR (1× mainboard)
- Darigaaz Midrange Sideboard: 3rd Place at Liga Feijoada 2026 #8 (1× mainboard)
- Clerics: 1st Place at MTGO Premodern League (1× mainboard)
