Bower Passage
Enchantment
Creatures with flying can't block creatures you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Avacyn Restored
- Price
- $0.63
- EDHREC rank
- #8233
Bower Passage makes all your creatures with flying unblockable by non-flying blockers — a one-card evasion package that costs one green mana and nothing else to maintain. In any deck built around aerial attackers, Choco, Seeker of Paradise foremost among them, this enchantment converts a board stall into a kill.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Choco, Seeker of Paradise
Choco, Seeker of Paradise generates a wide board of flying token creatures, so Bower Passage turns every attack step into a free swing — opponents without flyers simply cannot block, and that gap closes games fast.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bower Passage is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially zero Constructed play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — those formats move too fast and interact too efficiently for a do-nothing enchantment to justify a slot. Commander is its real home, where evasion matters across a long game and a one-mana enchantment that blanks entire ground-based blocking strategies is worth the roster spot. In Oathbreaker it functions the same way as Commander, useful in any flying-matters build but niche outside that lane.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.63 bulk tier
At $0.63, Bower Passage is firmly bulk — cheap enough to throw in any flying-matters pile without a second thought. The price reflects its narrow role; it does one thing and does it well, so expect it to stay in this range.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Choco, Seeker of Paradise
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.