Fyndhorn Pollen
Enchantment
Cumulative upkeep 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, put an age counter on this permanent, then sacrifice it unless you pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
All creatures get -1/-0.
: All creatures get -1/-0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ice Age
- Price
- $0.66
- EDHREC rank
- #30234
Fyndhorn Pollen taxes every attacking creature by one mana, turning combat into an economic drain your opponents have to opt into paying. The cumulative upkeep keeps the cost honest, but in the right shell it buys enough time to matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Fyndhorn Pollen earns its keep — slowing down the table's fastest aggro player or making wide combat attacks genuinely expensive across multiple opponents compounds the effect in ways a one-on-one format never would. Legacy and Vintage have it legal but won't touch it; those formats end games before cumulative upkeep becomes a real drawback, and dedicated fog or prison pieces do the job more efficiently. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, and the same logic applies as Commander — multiplayer context is what makes the tax meaningful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.66 bulk tier
At $0.66, Fyndhorn Pollen sits in true bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for the effect. It's a niche enough card that the price is unlikely to move unless a high-profile stax or group slug deck pushes demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.