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Forbidden Orchard

Land

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
Whenever you tap this land for mana, target opponent creates a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token.

CMC
0
Mana cost
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
Zendikar Expeditions
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#680
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Forbidden Orchard card art
Forbidden Orchard taps for any color of mana and hands an opponent a 1/1 Spirit token every time you use it — that's the deal, and it's a good one when your deck wants creatures on the other side of the table. Grismold, the Dreadsower turns every token it spawns into a stat boost and a card, and Anzrag, the Quake-Mole forces opponents to block with those Spirits, guaranteeing combat triggers.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Grismold, the Dreadsower

Grismold, the Dreadsower

49.8% of decks · synergy 0.48

Forbidden Orchard is one of the best cards in a Grismold, the Dreadsower deck — every Spirit token it hands to an opponent is a future +1/+1 counter and a card drawn the moment Grismold kills it.

02
Kambal, Profiteering Mayor

Kambal, Profiteering Mayor

48.2% of decks · synergy 0.46

Kambal, Profiteering Mayor taxes opponents for every nontoken creature entering the battlefield on their side, so Forbidden Orchard's Spirit handouts translate directly into life loss and Treasure for you.

03
Phelddagrif

Phelddagrif

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.42

Phelddagrif is a Group Hug commander, and Forbidden Orchard fits that philosophy while still fixing any color of mana — gifting Spirits is just another way to spread goodwill and keep the table happy until the real plan lands.

04
Massacre Girl

Massacre Girl

40.9% of decks · synergy 0.39

Massacre Girl needs a board full of small creatures to chain her -1/-1 weaken trigger across the table, and Forbidden Orchard pre-populates opponents with 1/1 Spirits so she can start her sweep the moment she enters.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Forbidden Orchard is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's almost exclusively a Commander card in practice. In Commander, the political cost of gifting Spirits is frequently irrelevant or actively desirable — token-synergy commanders, aristocrats builds, and wrath-centric decks all weaponize the downside. In Legacy and Vintage, Forbidden Orchard sees fringe play in Enchantress or combo shells that need flexible colored mana without caring much about an opponent's board state, but it's never a staple in those formats. Modern treats it similarly — occasionally useful in niche builds but outcompeted by shock lands and fetch lands for pure mana efficiency.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Forbidden Orchard has been reprinted enough times that copies are generally accessible, though foil or older printings carry a meaningful premium. Check current Scryfall or TCGplayer listings for the most accurate price before buying, as supply shifts with reprint announcements.

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