Harvest Season
Sorcery
Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the number of tapped creatures you control, put those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $2.81
- EDHREC rank
- #2341
Harvest Season can put an absurd number of basic lands into play tapped for three mana — the catch is that you need tapped creatures already on the battlefield when you cast it. In token-heavy builds like Emmara, Soul of the Accord, where creatures tap constantly as a feature rather than a bug, this routinely fetches five or more lands and functions as one of the best ramp spells in the format.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Emmara, Soul of the Accord
Emmara, Soul of the Accord taps to create Soldier tokens, which means every attack, every convoke spell, every Maze of Ith activation is also charging up Harvest Season — 70% of Emmara decks run it for exactly this reason.
Wort, the Raidmother
Wort, the Raidmother's Goblin tokens attack in swarms, and conspire lets you copy Harvest Season itself, doubling the land haul from a single board state.
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca taps Merfolk to draw cards, gain counters, and grow the board, leaving a wide tapped army behind that makes Harvest Season a consistent five-plus-land swing.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves drains opponents by tapping ten Elves at once, and that mass tap is a perfect setup for Harvest Season on the following turn.
Shroofus Sproutsire
Shroofus Sproutsire generates a steady stream of tapped creature tokens, giving Harvest Season a reliable fuel source every single turn cycle.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Harvest Season is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but Commander is where it actually belongs. Outside of Commander, wide token boards that tap en masse don't exist consistently enough to make a three-mana sorcery that fetches basics competitive; faster formats want unconditional ramp like Cultivate or simply don't have the creature density to fire it. In Commander, the political and multiplayer nature of the format means you regularly have eight or more tapped creatures ready before you even untap, making Harvest Season capable of fetching half your remaining land count in one cast. Oathbreaker can support it in the right token list, but the smaller deck size limits the ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.81 cheap tier
At $2.81, Harvest Season sits at the high end of budget but is still cheap for a card that overperforms this hard in the right shell. The price is fair for what it does — expect it to hold steady given its consistent demand in Emmara and tribal token builds.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Emmara, Soul of the Accord
- Wort, the Raidmother
- Kumena, Tyrant of Orazca
- Lathril, Blade of the Elves
- Shroofus Sproutsire
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.