Hatching Plans
Enchantment
When this enchantment is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, draw three cards.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine: Enchanting Tales
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #18753
Hatching Plans does nothing until it dies — and when it does, you draw three cards for two mana total, which is an exceptional rate. Run it only in decks that can reliably sacrifice or destroy their own enchantments; otherwise it just sits there.
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 |
Commander is where Hatching Plans actually sees play, specifically in enchantress or sacrifice-value shells that can engineer the death trigger without relying on opponents' removal. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant — three cards for two mana is fine, but the ceiling requires setup that those formats can't afford to invest in. Modern is the same story: the payoff is real only if you're building around it, and dedicated sacrifice decks have faster, more consistent draw engines available. Oathbreaker is legal and mirrors the Commander dynamic — synergy-dependent, occasionally great, otherwise just a blank enchantment.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Hatching Plans is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It won't appreciate unless a new commander pushes sacrifice-enchantment synergies into the mainstream, so buy it for the deck, not the binder.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.