Animal Boneyard
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
, Sacrifice a creature: You gain life equal to the sacrificed creature's toughness."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #19328
Animal Boneyard turns any creature death into a life buffer — pay one mana, sacrifice a creature, gain life equal to its toughness, and do it at instant speed. The engine only fires if you have creatures dying anyway, but pair it with Task Force and you have a loop that generates life in chunks that end games.
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 |
Animal Boneyard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the conversation starts and ends — it's not legal in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper. In Commander it finds its best home in sacrifice-synergy decks that already want creatures in the graveyard and can exploit the life total as a resource or as a combo threshold. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to loop it, but dedicated combo shells there have tighter, faster options and Animal Boneyard rarely makes the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Animal Boneyard sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a cheap pickup for any combo or sacrifice list that wants it. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications tend to stay at this price floor, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.