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Leyline of Abundance

Enchantment

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Whenever you tap a creature for mana, add an additional {G}.
{6}{G}{G}: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
$1.22
EDHREC rank
#2919
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Leyline of Abundance card art
Leyline of Abundance turns every mana dork into a +1/+1 counter engine and lets you sink excess mana into counters at any time — for free if it's in your opening hand. Dork-heavy commanders like Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss and Yurlok of Scorch Thrash run it because the floor is a passive anthem and the ceiling is a mana sink that compounds every combat step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer banned
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Leyline of Abundance is banned in Pioneer, where turn-zero green enchantments enabling explosive dork-into-counter loops proved too consistent for a format without the London Mulligan's full redundancy pressure release. Everywhere else it's legal — Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Oathbreaker, and Commander all tolerate it. Commander gives it the most room: the singleton rule means you can't stack four copies in an opener, but you only need one, and in a 100-card deck the free-cast condition functions as a welcome bonus rather than a build-around requirement. The slower pace and higher life totals of Commander also mean the passive counter-generation has time to compound in ways that 60-card formats punish before they get started.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

60.0% of decks · synergy 0.57

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss demands creatures with mana abilities, and Leyline of Abundance converts every one of them into a +1/+1 counter source — meaning the creatures Raggadragga pumps are also growing themselves whenever you tap them for mana.

02
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

Ashaya, Soul of the Wild

41.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Ashaya, Soul of the Wild turns your creatures into Forests, and Leyline of Abundance makes tapping any of those creature-lands for mana drop a counter on them, creating a board that grows wider and taller simultaneously without any additional investment.

03
Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

37.8% of decks · synergy 0.36

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash burns opponents with excess mana, and Leyline of Abundance gives you a productive sink for any green mana you'd rather not donate — counters accumulate on your board while opponents take damage from theirs.

04
Tyvar the Bellicose

Tyvar the Bellicose

37.6% of decks · synergy 0.36

Tyvar the Bellicose lets Elves tap for mana as though they had abilities, which Leyline of Abundance immediately converts into a counter on each tapper, turning Tyvar's enabler clause into a continuous anthem engine.

05
Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

Katilda, Dawnhart Prime

34.6% of decks · synergy 0.33

Katilda, Dawnhart Prime already makes Humans into mana producers, and Leyline of Abundance layers a counter onto every activation — the same creatures powering Katilda's ramp are quietly becoming a lethal board state.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,746 decks
Llanowar TribeUmbral MantleLeyline of Abundance

Llanowar TribeUmbral MantleLeyline of Abundance

Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite green mana; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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1,267 decks
Incubation DruidUmbral MantleLeyline of Abundance

Incubation DruidUmbral MantleLeyline of Abundance

Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$1.22 cheap tier

At $1.22, Leyline of Abundance sits firmly in budget territory for an enchantment with genuine competitive pedigree. That price reflects its Pioneer ban dampening demand rather than any drop in Commander utility — it's a real card at a discount rate.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.