Enduring Bondwarden
Creature — Human Scout
Backup 1 (When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature. If that's another creature, it gains the following ability until end of turn.)
When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- March of the Machine
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #17240
Enduring Bondwarden turns any creature into a recursive threat by stacking its counters on a permanent when it dies — the payoff is immediate and board-visible from the moment it enters. The cost is running a 2/3 for two mana that does nothing alone, which means Enduring Bondwarden earns its slot only in decks already built around +1/+1 counters or sacrifice loops, not as a freeroll include; Athreos, Shroud-Veiled is the textbook home.
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 |
Enduring Bondwarden is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — the counter-transfer effect needs a deck engineered around it to matter, and 60-card formats rarely have the redundancy or the game length to make a 2/3 with a delayed payoff competitive. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format's creature-counter synergies are narrow and the card generates no immediate board presence. Modern and Pioneer have far more efficient counter payoffs and no reason to run a support piece this passive. Commander is where Enduring Bondwarden actually functions: games go long, sacrifice loops are common, and a single well-timed counter transfer can protect an entire counter-stacking investment from a board wipe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Athreos, Shroud-VeiledEnduring BondwardenViscera Seer
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1
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Athreos, Shroud-VeiledEnduring BondwardenAshnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Athreos, Shroud-VeiledEnduring BondwardenCarrion Feeder
Infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Athreos, Shroud-VeiledEnduring BondwardenPhyrexian Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Athreos, Shroud-VeiledEnduring BondwardenAltar of Dementia
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill
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Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Enduring Bondwarden is pure bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box or ordering a playset for the cost of a pack of gum. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb without a Standard printing or a breakout combo discovery, so treat this as a cheap enabler you grab when you need it, not a card to stock up on.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.