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Animate Land

Instant

Until end of turn, target land becomes a 3/3 creature that's still a land.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Nemesis
Price
$0.27
EDHREC rank
#23825
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Animate Land turns one of your lands into a 3/3 creature until end of turn for a single blue mana — instant speed, no strings attached. The ceiling is a combo kill with Vigean Graftmage, but the floor is just a land that can attack or block once, which is rarely worth a card slot on its own.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Animate Land exists almost exclusively in Commander, where land-creature synergies and infinite-combo infrastructure make it a live piece rather than a curiosity. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically real, but no competitive shell there wants a one-shot land animation at sorcery-speed impact when the format moves faster. In Commander, Animate Land earns its slot only in dedicated land-animation or untap-combo builds — outside that context, it's filler.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.27 bulk tier

At $0.27, Animate Land is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: narrow enough that casual interest is the only floor propping it up.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.