Llanowar Reborn
Land
This land enters tapped.
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Graft 1 (This land enters with a +1/+1 counter on it. Whenever a creature enters, you may move a +1/+1 counter from this land onto it.)
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #2231
Llanowar Reborn enters tapped and produces one green mana, but it front-loads a +1/+1 counter onto any creature you play the same turn — that's a free upgrade stapled to a land. In counters-matter builds, especially anything helmed by Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener, that free counter isn't flavor text; it's the trigger you needed.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener
Bright-Palm, Soul Awakener doubles +1/+1 counters when it deals combat damage, so the free graft counter from Llanowar Reborn on any creature it attacks with translates directly into compounding damage the following swing.
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron cares about creatures having counters on them to activate their abilities at increased power, making the free counter from Llanowar Reborn a zero-cost way to prime any creature entering your board.
Kosei, Penitent Warlord
Kosei, Penitent Warlord needs counters on himself to unlock his triggered ability, and Llanowar Reborn's graft counter on cast means he can come down one turn and attack the next with his conditions already partially met.
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood
Xolatoyac, the Smiling Flood rewards stacking counters across multiple permanent types, and Llanowar Reborn slots in as a land that contributes to that counter density without spending a card slot in the 99.
Kros, Defense Contractor
Kros, Defense Contractor distributes counters to opponents' creatures as a political tool, and Llanowar Reborn keeps your own creatures growing independently — the free graft counter means even a utility creature enters as a slightly more threatening blocker or attacker.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Llanowar Reborn does its best work — the graft counter is most valuable in a singleton format where +1/+1 synergies are intentional deck architecture rather than incidental. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but essentially invisible; any deck that wants green mana wants it untapped, and the counter upside doesn't compensate for that tempo loss at those power levels. Modern sees Llanowar Reborn pop up occasionally in dedicated counters or Hardened Scales shells where the free pip matters, but competition from untapped alternatives keeps its representation low. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same counters-matter commanders make it worth considering there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Llanowar Reborn is pure bulk — easy to pick up as a one-of for any counters build without thinking twice. The price reflects its narrow role: strong in the right shell, dead weight everywhere else, so don't expect it to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.