Canopy Baloth
Creature — Beast
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, this creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #16746
Canopy Baloth is a 4/4 for five that gains trample only when you have a land enter — a payoff too conditional and too small to justify the slot in most green decks. Better landfall creatures exist at every point on the curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Canopy Baloth is a bulk rare in every format it's legal in, and pauper is the only context where a conditional 4/4 trample could theoretically see fringe play — creature density is lower and stats matter more. In Commander, green landfall decks have access to Scute Swarm, Avenger of Zendikar, and Tireless Tracker, all of which scale past a single 4/4. Canopy Baloth doesn't make the cut anywhere competitively.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Canopy Baloth sits firmly in bulk territory and isn't climbing out. It holds no play value that would pressure the price upward, so treat it as a throw-in trade fodder card and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.