Ent-Draught Basin
Artifact
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature with power X. Activate only as a sorcery.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #18487
Ent-Draught Basin turns every land-entering-the-battlefield trigger into a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control — that's a repeatable, board-growing payoff that costs nothing once it's in play. The floor is a 0-mana enchantment that scales with your land ramp, and that's a strong floor.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Ent-Draught Basin earns its slot — landfall decks and +1/+1 counter synergies are both staple Commander archetypes, and this card sits at their intersection. Meren of Clan Nel Toth, Atraxa, Praetors' Voice, and any Simic lands-matter commander turn it into a continuous threat-builder without spending a card per trigger. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — those formats don't have time for a slow enchantment that asks you to play lands. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: viable in the right shell, ignored everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Ent-Draught Basin is deep bulk — you're picking this up as an afterthought in a trade binder or tossing it into a cart to hit free shipping. Bulk enchantments with narrow but real synergy rarely spike, so expect it to stay in this tier unless a high-profile Commander deck puts it on the map.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.