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Leyline of Vitality

Enchantment

If this card is in your opening hand, you may begin the game with it on the battlefield.
Creatures you control get +0/+1.
Whenever a creature you control enters, you may gain 1 life.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Magic 2011
Price
$2.81
EDHREC rank
#11128
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Leyline of Vitality card art
Leyline of Vitality gives every creature you play a free life payment — relevant from turn zero if it's in your opener — and pairs with token-flood commanders like Treebeard, Gracious Host to turn a wide board into a substantial life buffer. Four mana to cast is steep enough that you're really banking on the free-in-opening-hand clause; without that, it rarely makes the cut.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Leyline of Vitality is a role-player rather than a staple — it earns a slot in dedicated life-gain or token-flood builds but doesn't belong in a generic green deck. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are technically legal homes, but a four-mana enchantment that doesn't immediately affect the board is far too slow for those formats, even free from an opener; the Leyline cycle's stronger members (white, black) see fringe play, but this one doesn't. Commander is where Leyline of Vitality actually functions, and even there it needs a commander that converts life totals into something meaningful to justify the slot.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

59 decks
Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakLeyline of Vitality

Treebeard, Gracious HostScurry OakLeyline of Vitality

Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$2.81 cheap tier

At $2.81, Leyline of Vitality sits in the cheap tier — low enough that picking up a copy for the right deck costs nothing meaningful. It's a narrow card with a small target audience, so the price is unlikely to climb unless a new life-gain commander creates a spike in demand.

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