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Bloom Tender

Creature — Elf Druid

Vivid — {T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
mythic
Set
Lorwyn Eclipsed
Price
$13.00
EDHREC rank
#277
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Bloom Tender card art
Bloom Tender taps for one mana per color among permanents you control — in a five-color deck that's five mana from a two-mana creature, which is the kind of acceleration that warps games. Pair it with Freed from the Real and any multicolor commander and you have infinite mana; slot it under Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and every activation becomes a ritual.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

50.1% of decks · synergy 0.46

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy doubles every nonland mana source, so Bloom Tender in a multicolor shell stops being a ritual and starts being a mana engine that funds Kinnan's activated ability on its own.

02
Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Maralen, Fae Ascendant

55.5% of decks · synergy 0.44

Maralen, Fae Ascendant runs a tight Faerie package that touches multiple colors, and Bloom Tender converts that multicolor board presence into the explosive mana needed to chain tutors and hold up interaction on the same turn.

03
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

60.5% of decks · synergy 0.42

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain builds a legendary board in five colors almost by design, and Bloom Tender scales directly with that density — the more legends Sisay finds, the more colors are represented, and the more mana Bloom Tender produces on each subsequent turn.

04
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

47.9% of decks · synergy 0.36

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician untaps permanents on combat damage, which means Bloom Tender can tap for mana, swing, and untap to tap again — a soft engine that generates real advantage without any additional combo pieces.

05
Tayam, Luminous Enigma

Tayam, Luminous Enigma

42.1% of decks · synergy 0.35

Tayam, Luminous Enigma wants three counters removed every activation, and Bloom Tender in a Abzan shell reliably contributes three mana toward that cost while also counting as a permanent with counters that Tayam can recur if it dies.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Bloom Tender earns its reputation — multicolor commanders are the norm, not the exception, and a two-mana creature that produces three to five mana the turn it untaps is simply one of the best mana sources the format has ever had. In Legacy and Vintage, Bloom Tender is legal but rarely sees play; the formats move faster than a tap creature can keep up with, and dedicated combo shells already have cheaper acceleration. Modern and Pioneer are similar: Bloom Tender is technically playable, but multicolor creature synergies that justify a fragile elf aren't common enough to make the cut at those power levels. The honest read is that this is a Commander card wearing a universal legal status.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

9,503 decks
Staff of DominationBloom Tender

Staff of DominationBloom Tender

Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite colored mana

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

The closest budget stand-in is Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, which trades color-counting for power-counting and can still produce absurd mana in creature-heavy decks — though it requires big creatures where Bloom Tender just requires colors. For strict color-pip ramp, Faeburrow Elder does nearly the same thing as Bloom Tender in five-color and multicolor shells for under a dollar, with the trade-off that it's a slower 2/4 rather than a 1/1 that dodges certain removal thresholds.

Price Context

Current price

$13.00 mid tier

At $13, Bloom Tender sits in mid-tier pricing — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate purchase, cheap enough that it belongs in any multicolor deck that can use it. It has held this range steadily because demand across Commander is broad and consistent; this is a card you buy once and move between decks.

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