Civic Gardener
Creature — Human Citizen
Whenever this creature attacks, untap target creature or land.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18931
Civic Gardener untaps a land or mana rock whenever it deals combat damage to a player — effectively a repeatable mana accelerant stapled to a 1/3 body for two mana. It's a legitimate threat in go-wide or voltron shells that regularly connect, and a blank in any deck that can't reliably push through combat damage.
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 |
Commander is where Civic Gardener actually has a home: multiplayer tables mean three potential triggers per swing, and untapping a Sol Ring or Gaea's Cradle on connection turns a modest combat step into a mana engine. Outside Commander, Civic Gardener is legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, and Pauper, but none of those formats are looking for a 1/3 that requires combat damage to generate value — the effect is too slow and conditional against efficient interaction. Pauper is the one fringe case worth noting, where the card pool is shallower and a resilient two-drop with upside can find a niche, though it still needs a deck built around it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Civic Gardener is firmly bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck calls for it. Bulk commons and uncommons rarely spike unless they're broken in a new format, and nothing about this card's profile suggests that's coming.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.