Kin-Tree Nurturer
Creature — Human Druid
Lifelink
When this creature enters, it endures 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on it or create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #20346
Kin-Tree Nurturer enters the battlefield and immediately threatens a 3/3 Treefolk token if you control a Forest — that's two bodies for three mana, which is a real rate. The cost is tribal specificity: outside of Treefolk or landfall-adjacent green shells, it's just a vanilla 1/1.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kin-Tree Nurturer is a role-player in dedicated Treefolk builds and a cut in everything else — the token is a nice bonus but a 1/1 body is below rate for a 99-card singleton format. In Standard and Pioneer, it occupies a narrow niche in green go-wide strategies that want cheap creature density, though it rarely sees competitive play. Pauper is where the rate matters most: two bodies for three mana at common is legitimately playable in tribal or token shells, and the Forest requirement is almost always met in mono-green lists. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the rate doesn't come close to what those formats demand.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Kin-Tree Nurturer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It holds that floor comfortably; Treefolk tribal is a small enough market that no sudden demand spike is coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.