Briar Patch
Enchantment
Whenever a creature attacks you, it gets -1/-0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #24012
Briar Patch gives all your creatures a passive ward-like deterrent — attackers take 1 damage whenever they block one of your creatures — for three mana and zero ongoing cost. It's a soft pillowfort piece that taxes aggressive boards without stopping anything outright, which makes it a niche inclusion rather than a staple.
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 |
Briar Patch is a Commander card through and through — the slow, incremental damage it deals to blockers only matters in a multiplayer game where you need to survive three opponents over many turns. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, it would never see play; three mana for a passive effect that doesn't impact the board immediately is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Commander is the one context where pillowfort enchantments earn their slot, and even there Briar Patch competes against more impactful deterrents like Propaganda or Ghostly Prison. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale — possible, but rarely worth the slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Briar Patch is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin, not tracking it down. Don't expect the price to move; this is a niche enchantment with a narrow audience, and supply from its original printing keeps it comfortably in throwaway territory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.