Case of the Trampled Garden
Enchantment — Case
When this Case enters, distribute two +1/+1 counters among one or two target creatures you control.
To solve — Creatures you control have total power 8 or greater. (If unsolved, solve at the beginning of your end step.)
Solved — Whenever you attack, put a +1/+1 counter on target attacking creature. It gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #10127
Case of the Trampled Garden turns your land drops into a creature factory — solve it and every Forest you play makes a 3/3 Beast token with trample. Two mana for a continuous threat generator is legitimate value, but the solve condition (eight or more land types among your lands) is a real ask that gates you out of mono-green builds.
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, Case of the Trampled Garden earns a slot in any four- or five-color deck with a land-heavy gameplan — the solve condition is low friction when your mana base already spans multiple basic types, and a 3/3 trampler per land drop scales dangerously in a format where games go long. In Pioneer and Modern, the Case competes in landfall-adjacent shells like Amulet Titan or domain builds, but a two-mana enchantment that doesn't impact the board immediately is a tough sell in formats where tempo matters. Standard is its most forgiving non-Commander home, where slower games and domain payoffs make Case of the Trampled Garden a reasonable two-drop threat engine in the right build.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Case of the Trampled Garden is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card with real upside in the right shell. Bulk rares with narrow but genuine power tend to stay cheap until a breakout deck finds them, so pick up copies now if you're building around it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.