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Composer of Spring

Creature — Satyr Bard

Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. If you control six or more enchantments, instead you may put a creature or land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Masters
Price
$6.20
EDHREC rank
#3593
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Composer of Spring card art
Composer of Spring turns every enchantment entering your battlefield into a land-to-hand search, which means in a Gylwain, Casting Director shell that's stapling Role tokens to everything, it effectively replaces itself every time a creature enters. The cost is that it's a 3/3 body for four mana that does nothing the turn it lands without a follow-up enchantment trigger — pair it with Cloudstone Curio and the engine becomes absurd, but it's not a standalone threat.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gylwain, Casting Director

Gylwain, Casting Director

56.2% of decks · synergy 0.53

Gylwain, Casting Director automatically attaches Role enchantments to creatures, which means Composer of Spring triggers on every creature that enters your battlefield — turning your board development directly into land acceleration. In the 56% of Gylwain decks that run it, Composer is less a support piece and more a second engine.

02
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos

55.9% of decks · synergy 0.51

Anikthea, Hand of Erebos copies enchantments from your graveyard as creature tokens, generating a steady stream of enchantment-enters triggers that Composer of Spring translates into land fetches. That loop keeps Anikthea's graveyard recursion fueled without needing dedicated ramp spells.

03
Wildsear, Scouring Maw

Wildsear, Scouring Maw

43.6% of decks · synergy 0.42

Wildsear, Scouring Maw's game plan involves attaching Auras and enchantments to creatures repeatedly, which feeds Composer of Spring a trigger chain that accelerates you well ahead on mana. Roughly 44% of Wildsear decks include it because the synergy is structural, not incidental.

04
Narci, Fable Singer

Narci, Fable Singer

39.5% of decks · synergy 0.34

Narci, Fable Singer cares about Sagas and enchantments accruing value over multiple turns, and Composer of Spring quietly turns each new enchantment arrival into a land fetch that keeps Narci's high-cost threats on schedule. The combination rewards you for doing what the deck already wants to do.

05
Stangg, Echo Warrior

Stangg, Echo Warrior

27.4% of decks · synergy 0.26

Stangg, Echo Warrior copies Auras when it attacks, doubling up enchantment-enters triggers and giving Composer of Spring repeated proc opportunities within a single combat step. It's a tighter synergy than the inclusion rate suggests — the 27% is held back by competition for enchantment slots, not by the interaction being weak.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Composer of Spring is a Commander card through and through — its value compounds over a long game where enchantment-heavy boards generate multiple triggers, and the singleton format rewards synergy density over raw card efficiency. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; four mana for a conditional land-search effect is far too slow when those formats end on turn one or two. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it might earn a slot, and only in an enchantress-style shell with a complementary planeswalker and signature spell. Outside of Commander enchantment synergy decks, Composer of Spring doesn't have a home.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If Composer of Spring is out of reach, Satyr Enchanter and Eidolon of Blossoms both turn enchantment casts into card advantage rather than land fetches, keeping your hand full if not your land count high — Eidolon in particular goes wide in the same enchantress shells. The trade-off is that neither searches for basics directly, so you lose the mana acceleration angle that makes Composer worth four mana in the first place.

Price Context

Current price

$6.20 mid tier

At $6.20, Composer of Spring sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough that it's a considered purchase rather than a throw-in, but not so expensive it should give you pause in a dedicated enchantment deck. It holds value because its synergy is structural in a large and growing pool of enchantress commanders, not because it's a casual chase rare.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.