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Fertilid

Creature — Elemental

This creature enters with two +1/+1 counters on it.
{1}{G}, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target player searches their library for a basic land card, puts it onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Commander 2011
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#2678
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Fertilid card art
Fertilid turns +1/+1 counters into land drops — two activations out of the box, more if commanders like Bristly Bill, Spine Sower keep loading counters on it. The cost is a 1/1 body that shrinks itself out of relevance, so it earns its slot only when your commander actively replenishes those counters; Omnath, Locus of the Roil decks that ping creatures on landfall are exactly that context.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Omnath, Locus of the Roil

Omnath, Locus of the Roil

49.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Omnath, Locus of the Roil triggers on landfall, and Fertilid feeds that loop directly — each activation pulls a land, which triggers Omnath, which can ping opponents or draw cards, building toward another activation if counter refills are in the mix.

02
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

44.0% of decks · synergy 0.41

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin reduces creature costs for each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter, and Fertilid qualifies the moment it enters — it's cheap ramp that also reduces the cost of every subsequent creature you cast while it's alive.

03
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade

40.0% of decks · synergy 0.38

Chishiro, the Shattered Blade creates Spirit tokens whenever an Aura or Equipment enters attached to a creature, but more relevantly it puts +1/+1 counters on modified creatures at each upkeep — Fertilid gets refueled for free, turning its two built-in activations into a repeatable land engine.

04
Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.35

Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor puts +1/+1 counters on itself on landfall, and Fertilid accelerates the land drops that trigger that engine while staying relevant as a counter sink in a deck already built around both mechanics.

05
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener

35.7% of decks · synergy 0.34

Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener doubles counters on a creature when it attacks, which can refill a depleted Fertilid mid-game and turn what looked like a spent ramp piece back into two or more additional land drops.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Fertilid is a Commander card through and through — the payoff on repeatable land fetching compounds over a 40-life, multiplayer game in a way that doesn't translate to shorter formats. In competitive Pauper it's legal but too slow; two-mana ramp that costs additional activations loses badly to Rampant Growth, and the 1/1 body does nothing relevant. Modern and Pioneer have faster, cleaner ramp at the same cost, so Fertilid never shows up there. Commander is where the counter-refill synergies, landfall triggers, and political longevity of a creature-based ramp piece actually matter enough to justify the slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Fertilid is firmly bulk — you're not paying for scarcity, you're paying for cardboard. It's been printed often enough that the price is stable at this floor and unlikely to move meaningfully in either direction.

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