Buried in the Garden
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
When this Aura enters, exile target nonland permanent you don't control until this Aura leaves the battlefield.
Whenever enchanted land is tapped for mana, its controller adds an additional one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Breaking News
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #6673
Buried in the Garden puts two Forest tokens onto the battlefield — one tapped, one untapped — for three mana, which means it immediately replaces itself in mana while also setting up a creature for Arbor Elf to untap. The cost is real: at sorcery speed with no basic land subtype on the tokens, it doesn't slot into every green shell, but in enchantment-matters decks led by something like Yenna, Redtooth Regent that want a steady stream of noncreature permanents to copy, it earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yenna, Redtooth Regent
Yenna, Redtooth Regent wants enchantments she can copy on each upkeep, and Buried in the Garden is a two-for-one that fuels that engine — copy it enough times and you're flooding the board with Forest tokens while generating the mana to keep casting.
Estrid, the Masked
Estrid, the Masked thrives on stacking auras and enchantments across permanents she can untap, and Buried in the Garden gives her two Forest tokens to serve as aura-bait while adding a cheap enchantment to the pile she's already building.
Preston Garvey, Minuteman
Preston Garvey, Minuteman triggers off noncreature tokens entering, so the two Forest tokens from Buried in the Garden each independently fire his ability, effectively turning a three-mana ramp spell into a token-doubling engine.
Calix, Guided by Fate
Calix, Guided by Fate counts enchantments entering to grow his constellation payoffs, and Buried in the Garden slots in as an early-game ramp piece that simultaneously adds to the enchantment density he needs to go wide.
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 |
In Commander, Buried in the Garden is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns a slot in enchantment-heavy decks that specifically want cheap enchantments entering the battlefield, and it pulls double duty as ramp and token production. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, and Legacy, but it hasn't made a mark in any of them; two Forest tokens with no etb flexibility and sorcery speed can't compete with the efficient land fetch spells those formats already run. It's not pauper-legal, which is the one format where its modest rate might have seen niche play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Arbor ElfFreed from the RealBuried in the Garden
Infinite colored mana
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Buried in the Garden is pure bulk — pick it up for essentially nothing if the deck calls for it. Bulk enchantments with narrow homes don't appreciate, so treat it as a consumable inclusion rather than a long-term hold.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.