Genju of the Spires
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant Mountain
: Enchanted Mountain becomes a 6/1 red Spirit creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
When enchanted Mountain is put into a graveyard, you may return this card from your graveyard to your hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #23074
Genju of the Spires turns a Mountain into a 6/1 trampling threat for two mana — enormous stats for the cost, with the upside that it returns to your hand when the land dies. The catch is that 6/1 is a removal magnet and the land taps for red to activate, so you're trading tempo and a mana source for a single big swing.
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 |
In Commander, Genju of the Spires is a niche pick — red land-animation strategies are narrow, and a 6/1 without haste rarely survives to attack in a four-player game. It fits best in dedicated Mountain-matters or land-animation builds, where the recursion clause has real value. Legacy and Vintage have the raw power to exploit a two-mana 6/1 trample in aggressive red shells, though neither format has historically leaned on Genju of the Spires when faster threats are available. Modern sees it as too fragile and too slow to matter competitively.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Genju of the Spires is deep bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. It's not a card that will appreciate; supply is high and demand is narrow, so the price reflects its real utility ceiling.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.