Invigorating Hot Spring
Enchantment
This enchantment enters with four +1/+1 counters on it.
Modified creatures you control have haste. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Remove a +1/+1 counter from this enchantment: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #4340
Invigorating Hot Spring lands and immediately starts distributing +1/+1 counters to every creature you cast, turning a four-mana enchantment into a passive anthem that compounds with each attack. Chishiro, the Shattered Blade makes this automatic — every modified creature triggers a 2/2 token, so the Hot Spring isn't just buffing your board, it's doubling it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Chishiro, the Shattered Blade
Invigorating Hot Spring appears in 63% of Chishiro, the Shattered Blade decks because every counter it distributes counts as modifying a creature, which means every creature you cast fires Chishiro's token-generation trigger.
Me, the Immortal
Me, the Immortal wants every creature entering with a counter, and Invigorating Hot Spring delivers that automatically — each new creature comes in modified and ready to fuel Me's scaling game plan.
Kibo, Uktabi Prince
Kibo, Uktabi Prince hands out Banana tokens that opponents sacrifice for counters, and Invigorating Hot Spring stacks additional counters onto Kibo's own creatures, accelerating the board-wide size advantage that the deck wants.
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron grows by accumulating +1/+1 counters, and Invigorating Hot Spring puts a counter on each new creature you cast — including Agatha herself if she re-enters, reliably triggering her size-up condition.
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener proliferates whenever it deals combat damage, and Invigorating Hot Spring seeds every creature with at least one counter to proliferate onto, letting even modest attacks snowball the entire board.
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 |
Invigorating Hot Spring is a Commander card through and through — four mana for a passive enchantment that counts on a long game to recoup its investment. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern or Pioneer, it's far too slow; you need payoffs on turn four, not a setup piece. Commander's multiplayer structure and longer games are exactly where Invigorating Hot Spring earns its slot, particularly in counter-synergy decks that can leverage every trigger across dozens of creatures over the course of a game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Invigorating Hot Spring is bulk — pick it up without a second thought if your deck wants it. Bulk enchantments at this price point rarely spike unless a commander breaks them wide open, and wide distribution means supply stays healthy.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.