Earthen Ally
Creature — Human Soldier Ally
This creature gets +1/+0 for each color among Allies you control.
: Earthbend 5. (Target land you control becomes a 0/0 creature with haste that's still a land. Put five +1/+1 counters on it. When it dies or is exiled, return it to the battlefield tapped.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGRUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #16942
Earthen Ally puts a +1/+1 counter on a land you control and turns it into a creature — repeatable board presence stapled to your mana base, and Avatar Aang gets it for free off his triggered ability. The cost of running it is essentially zero if you're already in the Aang deck.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Avatar Aang
Avatar Aang tutors Earthen Ally directly onto the battlefield as one of his elemental-type payoffs, making it a near-automatic inclusion — animated lands slot cleanly into the Airbender's strategy of assembling a board from the library rather than the hand.
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 |
Earthen Ally is legal across every major constructed format but is doing real work in exactly one of them: Commander. In 60-card formats — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy — land-animation effects compete against more efficient threats and lack the critical mass of +1/+1 counter synergies that make them worth a card slot. Commander is where Earthen Ally earns its place, specifically in Avatar Aang builds and any landfall or counter-doubling shell that wants animated lands as both threats and mana sources. Outside of those dedicated strategies, it stays in the binder.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Earthen Ally is firmly bulk — no barrier to picking up copies, and its price reflects narrow rather than weak. Bulk rares with a single obvious home tend to stay at this floor unless that commander spikes in popularity, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Avatar Aang
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.