Glowing Anemone
Creature — Jellyfish Beast
When this creature enters, you may return target land to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #26720
Glowing Anemone lets you return a land to its owner's hand whenever it becomes tapped — a repeatable bounce effect stapled to a 1/1 body for four mana. The cost is steep and the body negligible, so this card earns a slot only in decks that specifically abuse landfall or land-bounce loops, not as a general-purpose disruptive piece.
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 |
Glowing Anemone is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where the relevant conversation begins and ends — it sees no competitive play in Legacy or Vintage, where four mana for a 1/1 with a conditional trigger doesn't come close to the format's power threshold. In Commander, Glowing Anemone occupies a narrow niche: landfall commanders like Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait or Tatyova, Benthic Druid can convert each bounce into a fresh landfall trigger, turning the Anemone into a repeatable engine rather than a curiosity. Outside of that specific axis, a four-mana 1/1 with no enters-the-battlefield effect is simply too inefficient to justify the slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Glowing Anemone is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box or a quarter bin before you find it in a cart. That price reflects real demand: the card is narrow enough that most players never need a copy, but if you're building a landfall-loop deck it's essentially free to acquire.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.