Bewitching Leechcraft
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, tap enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature has "If this creature would untap during your untap step, remove a +1/+1 counter from it instead. If you do, untap it." (Otherwise, it doesn't untap.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #21434
Bewitching Leechcraft puts a -1/-1 counter on a target creature and gains you life equal to its toughness — solid on-board impact for a two-mana instant. The catch is that it's a one-shot effect with no recurring value, which keeps it out of most competitive lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bewitching Leechcraft occupies the low end of the removal spectrum — it's fine in life-gain-matters decks under Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose, but it rarely makes the cut over unconditional removal. In Pauper, where the card is legal and every point of life matters, it sees more meaningful play in black-based control shells looking to stabilize against aggressive decks. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction, so Bewitching Leechcraft doesn't register there. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — situationally useful in a life-gain shell, otherwise outclassed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Bewitching Leechcraft is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a role-player that earns its slot only in specific life-gain builds. Don't expect the price to move; it's a common with a narrow use case.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.