Kindred Boon
Enchantment
As this enchantment enters, choose a creature type.
: Put a divinity counter on target creature you control of the chosen type.
Each creature you control with a divinity counter on it has indestructible.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.59
- EDHREC rank
- #7035
Kindred Boon turns a tribal board into an indestructible one, dropping a divinity counter on any creature that shares a type with your chosen tribe every upkeep — for free once it's on the battlefield. The cost is the setup: four mana to cast plus one more to kick off each activation, which means slower commanders struggle to leverage it, but in something like Clavileño, First of the Blessed where Agatha's Soul Cauldron and recursive threats already demand answers every turn, that indestructibility tax becomes backbreaking for opponents.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Clavileño, First of the Blessed
Clavileño, First of the Blessed builds a Vampire board that demands removal every single turn, and Kindred Boon makes that removal nearly irrelevant — stack divinity counters on your best threats and your opponents run out of answers before you run out of creatures.
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 |
Kindred Boon is a Commander card, full stop. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but the four-mana do-nothing-until-your-next-upkeep enchantment has no competitive home — those formats kill you before the first counter lands. Commander is where the math works: tribal decks run 20-plus creatures sharing a type, so the enchantment scales hard and the incremental indestructibility compounds over a long game. Oathbreaker can support it if the planeswalker is helming a tribal shell, but the 20-life total tightens the clock enough that the slow rollout is a real liability.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Agatha's Soul CauldronMyojin of Seeing WindsKindred BoonMind Over Matter
Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite card draw; Near-infinite looting; Near-infinite mana permanents you control can produce; Near-infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite untap of permanents you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.59 bulk tier
At $0.59, Kindred Boon is bulk, and it should stay there — it's narrow enough that demand outside dedicated tribal Commander builds is minimal. For what it does in those builds, that's an easy include with no budget concern.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.