Flowering of the White Tree
Legendary Enchantment
Legendary creatures you control get +2/+1 and have ward 
.
Nonlegendary creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #764
Flowering of the White Tree gives every legendary creature you control +2/+1 and ward 2 for two mana — that's a board-wide anthem that also taxes every removal spell aimed at your best threats. In legendary-heavy builds like Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge, this enchantment is among the most efficient cards you can run at any price point.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge draws a card whenever a legendary permanent enters, and Flowering of the White Tree shows up in 65% of Shanid lists because every legendary creature wearing the +2/+1 buff also becomes a ward 2 tax on removal — protecting the very engine Shanid needs to keep firing.
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness cares about creatures with the highest power among your opponents, so pumping your own legendary threats with Flowering of the White Tree keeps your board relevant and makes opponents think twice before pointing targeted removal at your best attacker.
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
Yoshimaru scales on legendary permanents entering play, and Reyhan moves counters around on death — Flowering of the White Tree protects both halves of the pair with ward 2 while pushing their power high enough that combat math shifts in your favor.
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar rewards you for attacking with legendary creatures, and Flowering of the White Tree both enlarges those attackers and makes the creatures you're swinging with harder to pick off before damage resolves.
Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Kethis, the Hidden Hand reduces the cost of legendary spells and recurs them from the graveyard, so a dense legendary creature count is baked into the strategy — Flowering of the White Tree multiplies the value of that density by turning every legend into a ward 2 threat that hits harder.
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 |
Flowering of the White Tree is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Modern, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it does the most work: legendary-tribal and partner strategies run enough legendary creatures that the anthem hits four or five bodies at once, and ward 2 on each of them compounds quickly into a soft lock on targeted removal. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but the formats move too fast and too spell-dense for a two-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters to compete for slots. Modern is the most plausible non-Commander home — Humans and other creature-heavy decks sometimes run legendary payoffs — but the lack of a critical mass of legendary creatures in most Modern lists limits how often Flowering of the White Tree pulls its full weight outside the 99.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Flowering of the White Tree isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or a buylist aggregator for the live number before buying. Given its 65%+ inclusion rate in top synergy commanders and its status as a two-mana anthem, it tends to command a premium over comparably efficient enchantments — verify current stock before assuming a budget pickup.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge
- Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar
- Kethis, the Hidden Hand
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.