Atmospheric Greenhouse
Artifact — Spacecraft
When this Spacecraft enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
Station (Tap another creature you control: Put charge counters equal to its power on this Spacecraft. Station only as a sorcery. It's an artifact creature at 8+.)
8+ | Flying, trample
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #13275
Atmospheric Greenhouse gives every creature you control a permanent +1/+1 counter at end of your turn — no condition, no activation, just a steady accumulation that compounds fast. The cost is two mana to cast and one life per turn, which is close to nothing in a format where Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam and similar counter-hungry commanders will recoup that tax in power within two or three swings.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam
Dyadrine, Synthesis Amalgam cares about creatures entering with counters or gaining them, and Atmospheric Greenhouse delivers a free counter to every creature at end of turn — no spells, no hoops, just automatic fuel for Dyadrine's triggered payoffs every single turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Atmospheric Greenhouse is legal across every major Constructed format except Pauper, but it's built for Commander. The one-life-per-turn cost is irrelevant in a 40-life format, and the effect scales directly with board width — the more creatures you have, the more counters you're banking each turn cycle. In 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, the two-turn delay before the first counter lands and the life drain compound into a real liability against aggressive decks, so it rarely makes the cut there. Commander is where Atmospheric Greenhouse earns its slot: go-wide creature decks, counter synergy commanders, and any shell that wants to grind out a long game will find it quietly oppressive.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Atmospheric Greenhouse is bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Given what it does in counter-heavy Commander decks, that price is unlikely to stay this low if it picks up broader attention, but it's worth grabbing now purely for the effect.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.