Mana Bloom
Enchantment
This enchantment enters with X charge counters on it.
Remove a charge counter from this enchantment: Add one mana of any color. Activate only once each turn.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if this enchantment has no charge counters on it, return it to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #10047
Mana Bloom enters with X charge counters, taps for one mana of any color per counter, and bounces itself to your hand at end of turn if any counters remain — a repeatable, color-fixing ritual at the cost of replaying it every turn. In dedicated X-spell shells like Zimone, Infinite Analyst, that recursion is a feature, not a bug: Mana Bloom keeps triggering cast-based engines without ever permanently leaving the battlefield loop.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst recasts spells from the top of the library by paying their costs, and Mana Bloom's self-bounce means it hits the hand each end step ready to be cast again — feeding Zimone's draw-and-cast triggers on demand.
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet cares about spells with X in their cost, and Mana Bloom qualifies every time you recast it, doubling as ramp and a repeatable trigger for Rosheen's magecraft-style payoffs.
Zaxara, the Exemplary
Zaxara, the Exemplary spawns a Hydra token whenever you cast a spell with X in its cost, so Mana Bloom's end-step bounce turns a single enchantment into a Hydra factory as long as you keep replaying it each turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mana Bloom is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play outside Commander. In Modern and Pioneer the one-mana-per-turn ceiling is too slow against proactive strategies, and dedicated ramp decks have cheaper, unconditional options. Commander is where Mana Bloom finds its niche: the combination of color fixing, an X cost that triggers spell-matters commanders, and the self-bounce loop is a specific enough package that decks built around those axes genuinely want it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Mana Bloom is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap singles order. Demand is narrow enough that the price should stay in this range unless a high-profile Zimone, Infinite Analyst or Zaxara build spikes it, but don't count on that; just buy it if the slot makes sense.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.