Ana Sanctuary
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you control a blue or black permanent, target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn. If you control a blue permanent and a black permanent, that creature gets +5/+5 until end of turn instead.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #17912
Ana Sanctuary puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature at the start of each upkeep — but only if you controlled a Forest during your last turn, making it a slow enchantment that asks a lot for incremental returns. It sees play almost exclusively in mono-green or heavily green creature decks that can guarantee the condition every turn and want redundant counter-generators.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ana Sanctuary is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it doesn't register competitively in any of them. In Legacy and Vintage, one counter per turn cycle is laughably slow against the threats those formats present. Commander is the only home where Ana Sanctuary is even worth discussing — specifically in green-heavy counter-matters decks where any enchantment that ticks up a creature each turn contributes to a critical mass of effects. Even there, it's a fringe inclusion that loses its slot to more reliable alternatives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Ana Sanctuary is deep bulk — the price reflects its narrow application and low demand. It's unlikely to appreciate; the enchantments that do the same job better are either already cheap or outpace it badly enough that demand for this one stays flat.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.