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Fecund Greenshell

Creature — Elemental Turtle

Reach
As long as you control ten or more lands, creatures you control get +2/+2.
Whenever this creature or another creature you control with toughness greater than its power enters, look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may put it onto the battlefield tapped. Otherwise, put it into your hand.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Bloomburrow Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#2836
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Fecund Greenshell card art
Fecund Greenshell puts a land directly onto the battlefield and replaces itself with a card draw — both happen on the same body. The cost is real, but The Pride of Hull Clade and Scouting Trek strategies lap it up because the shell staples ramp, card advantage, and a creature type onto one card.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
The Pride of Hull Clade

The Pride of Hull Clade

58.1% of decks · synergy 0.56

The Pride of Hull Clade triggers off creatures with power greater than their base power, and Fecund Greenshell's enters-the-battlefield effect combined with its shell typing makes it a natural fit for that engine — you're ramping, drawing, and feeding the commander's condition simultaneously.

02
Betor, Kin to All

Betor, Kin to All

56.1% of decks · synergy 0.45

Betor, Kin to All cares about creatures sharing types, and Fecund Greenshell's creature type slots into the tribal overlap Betor rewards — you get the land, the draw, and a body that pulls its weight in the type-sharing web.

03
Felothar the Steadfast

Felothar the Steadfast

53.1% of decks · synergy 0.42

Felothar the Steadfast builds around creatures that generate value on entry, and Fecund Greenshell hits that mark twice over with its land drop and card draw on a single cast.

04
Doran, Besieged by Time

Doran, Besieged by Time

50.1% of decks · synergy 0.39

Doran, Besieged by Time cares about toughness, and Fecund Greenshell's backside stats make it a legitimate threat in that shell — the ramp and draw are just bonus value stapled onto a creature that already earns its slot.

05
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant

33.1% of decks · synergy 0.32

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards creatures with reach, and Fecund Greenshell qualifies — meaning Tadeas decks get the mana acceleration and cantrip effect from a creature that also plugs into the commander's core mechanic.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Fecund Greenshell earns its seat by doing two things at once: it's a ramp piece and a cantrip on a creature, which means it counts toward your creature density while reducing the tension between drawing spells and drawing lands. In competitive non-rotating formats like Legacy and Vintage, a three-mana creature that fetches a basic and draws a card isn't breaking any speed records — those formats want their ramp on turns one and two, not three. Modern and Pioneer have more room for midrange creature-value packages, but Fecund Greenshell still faces stiff competition from cheaper green ramp options and won't find a home outside of niche shell-tribal or landfall builds. Standard is where it's most likely to see incidental play simply because the card pool is smaller and any repeatable two-for-one gets a second look.

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