Barbed Foliage
Enchantment
Whenever a creature attacks you, it loses flanking until end of turn.
Whenever a creature without flying attacks you, this enchantment deals 1 damage to it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #27589
Barbed Foliage makes every creature that attacks you deal 1 damage to itself — a static tax that quietly shreds go-wide token swings and makes combat math miserable for aggro decks. Four mana for a green enchantment is a real cost, but the continuous punishment it levies justifies the slot in any deck that needs to survive long enough to execute its plan.
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 |
Commander is where Barbed Foliage earns its keep — multiplayer tables are full of creature-heavy decks that swing wide, and a single enchantment that punishes every attacker across every opponent adds up fast over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but effectively invisible; those formats move too fast and interact too efficiently for a four-mana enchantment with no immediate board impact to compete. Oathbreaker shares enough of Commander's multiplayer DNA that the card can pull similar weight there, particularly in a dedicated pillow-fort shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Barbed Foliage sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a trade binder. Bulk enchantments with narrow applications rarely climb in price, so don't expect this to appreciate, but at this price there's no reason not to try it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.