Hidden Ancients
Enchantment
When an opponent casts an enchantment spell, if this permanent is an enchantment, it becomes a 5/5 Treefolk creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #26286
Hidden Ancients enters as a 5/5 for three mana — one of the best rate-per-mana bodies in green — but only while an opponent controls an enchantment. The payoff is real when it lands, but the dependency on opponents means you can't count on it staying a creature.
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 |
Hidden Ancients is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and irrelevant in everything else. In Commander, enchantments are everywhere — Rhystic Study, Smothering Tithe, Sylvan Library — so Hidden Ancients reliably enters and stays as a 5/5 in most pods. Legacy and Vintage are the wrong homes: the card does nothing if your opponent isn't on enchantments, and those formats offer no guarantees. Commander is the only format where this card consistently delivers on its premise.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Hidden Ancients is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a conditionally massive body. The price won't move; it's a casual pickup that costs less than a sleeve.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.