Beza, the Bounding Spring
Legendary Creature — Elemental Elk
When Beza enters, create a Treasure token if an opponent controls more lands than you. You gain 4 life if an opponent has more life than you. Create two 1/1 blue Fish creature tokens if an opponent controls more creatures than you. Draw a card if an opponent has more cards in hand than you.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $4.42
- EDHREC rank
- #4104
Beza, the Bounding Spring enters and immediately hands the most threatened player a 2/2 and some life, then keeps rewarding you every time a creature enters under your control — the lifegain and token triggers are continuous, not a one-shot. The cost is that the engine depends on blinking or bouncing Beza repeatedly, which is why it slots so cleanly next to Eldrazi Displacer and Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd rather than standing alone.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks her own creatures at will, and Beza, the Bounding Spring turns every one of those blink triggers into a free 2/2 and a life buffer — the two cards are essentially a self-contained engine.
Arthur, Marigold Knight
Arthur, Marigold Knight floods the board with Food tokens and small creatures, and Beza, the Bounding Spring converts that creature volume into a steady stream of lifegain that keeps Arthur's controller cushioned while the go-wide plan develops.
Gandalf the White
Gandalf the White flickers permanents at the end of each turn, and Beza, the Bounding Spring is exactly the kind of enters-the-battlefield engine that turns those free flickers into accumulating board presence and life totals.
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines doubles every enters-the-battlefield trigger, so Beza, the Bounding Spring's already-generous token and lifegain output doubles on the spot — two 2/2s and twice the life per trigger adds up fast.
The Jolly Balloon Man
The Jolly Balloon Man cares about life totals and permanents entering play, and Beza, the Bounding Spring feeds both axes simultaneously, making it a natural inclusion in the 15% of Jolly Balloon Man decks that want a reliable life-padding engine.
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 |
Commander is the clear home for Beza, the Bounding Spring — multiplayer tables reward the political lifegain trigger, opponents constantly have the lowest life total to qualify, and blink commanders turn it into a repeatable engine rather than a one-time effect. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, five mana for a 4/4 with a conditional trigger is too slow and too fair; nothing about Beza demands a build-around at those speeds. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but uninterested — the power bar is simply too high for incremental lifegain and 2/2 tokens to matter. Oathbreaker offers a reasonable middle ground if your signature spell enables blinking, but the card reaches its ceiling in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Beza, the Bounding SpringEldrazi DisplacerAshnod's Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite blinking of most creatures; Infinite blinking
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Beza, the Bounding SpringEmiel the BlessedAshnod's Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite blinking
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Beza, the Bounding SpringDeadeye NavigatorPhyrexian Altar
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite Treasure tokens; Infinite blinking
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Current price
$4.42 cheap tier
At $4.42, Beza, the Bounding Spring sits in the cheap tier — low enough to slot into a blink or lifegain shell without budget hesitation. It sees enough play across Phelia, Elesh Norn, and go-wide Commander builds that the price is unlikely to crater, but don't expect it to spike without a new high-profile synergy piece pulling it up.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.