Alseid of Life's Bounty
Enchantment Creature — Nymph
Lifelink
, Sacrifice this creature: Target creature or enchantment you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.41
- EDHREC rank
- #2603
Alseid of Life's Bounty puts a lifelink body on board turn one and keeps it ready as a one-mana protection spell — pay one, sacrifice it, and your enchantment or creature dodges removal until end of turn. Enchantment-matters builds love the death trigger upside, and commanders like Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal and Ashiok's Reaper that care about sacrificing permanents find extra value in the exit.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal wants creatures that sacrifice themselves on demand, and Alseid of Life's Bounty delivers exactly that — a one-mana lifelinker that can protect Victor himself before fueling whatever payoff needs a body in the graveyard.
Ghen, Arcanum Weaver
Ghen, Arcanum Weaver sacrifices enchantments to reanimate others, and Alseid of Life's Bounty is a cheap enchantment creature that willingly feeds that engine while shielding a key permanent in a pinch.
Sythis, Harvest's Hand
Sythis, Harvest's Hand draws a card whenever an enchantment enters, so Alseid of Life's Bounty replaces itself on cast and leaves behind a protection piece that can shield Sythis or another enchantment when the table turns hostile.
Winota, Joiner of Forces
Winota, Joiner of Forces needs non-Human creatures attacking to trigger her ability, and Alseid of Life's Bounty is a cheap, expendable non-Human that can swing early and still sacrifice to protect Winota from a targeted removal spell before blockers are declared.
Daxos the Returned
Daxos the Returned generates experience counters off enchantment casts and creates Spirit enchantment tokens, so Alseid of Life's Bounty contributes an experience counter on entry and doubles as a sacrifice outlet to protect Daxos when opponents target him.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Alseid of Life's Bounty earns its slot in enchantment-heavy and sacrifice-synergy builds — the one-mana protection effect is genuinely useful in a multiplayer format where single-target removal is common and protecting a key piece can swing a game. In Modern and Pioneer, it sees play primarily in white Auras and Bogles-style decks as a flexible turn-one threat that converts into a protection spell when the combo is ready to go off. Legacy has faster and more powerful protection options, so Alseid of Life's Bounty sits on the fringes there. Vintage is the same story — legal but rarely relevant at that power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Ashiok's ReaperMortuaryPhyrexian AltarAlseid of Life's Bounty
Infinite death triggers; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
$0.41 bulk tier
At $0.41, Alseid of Life's Bounty is firmly bulk — you're paying almost nothing for genuine utility in the right shell. Bulk rare prices like this rarely move unless a format shift pushes demand, so pick up copies freely without worrying about the buy-in.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.