Earthlore
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land you control
Tap enchanted land: Target blocking creature gets +1/+2 until end of turn. Activate only if enchanted land is untapped.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29526
Earthlore is a one-mana Aura that taps an enchanted land to give a blocking creature +1/+2 — conditional, reactive, and dependent on a land you'd rather keep untapped. It doesn't make the cut in any serious deck.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Earthlore is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, where a single card needs to impact a four-player game, Earthlore does almost nothing — a one-time +1/+2 on a blocker won't change outcomes. Pauper is the only format where combat tricks at common even enter the conversation, but Earthlore's tap cost and land-Aura setup make it worse than straightforward instants. Across every format where it's legal, pass.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Earthlore sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — there's no demand to push it higher. The price reflects the card's utility: pick it up only if you need a copy for a completionist collection.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.