Nature's Blessing
Enchantment
, Discard a card: Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature or that creature gains banding, first strike, or trample. (This effect lasts indefinitely. Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alliances
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #25260
Nature's Blessing lets you pay three mana and discard a card to slap a +1/+1 counter, flying, or trample onto any creature — a flexible but mana-hungry way to push through damage or protect an investment. The discard cost and sorcery-speed activation make it a slow roleplayer, and most Commander decks have better ways to spend three mana per counter.
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 |
Nature's Blessing is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — formats where its slow, incremental effect finds the most patience. In Commander it occupies a niche role in counter-synergy and keyword-matters builds, though the three-mana-plus-discard activation rate keeps it out of most competitive lists. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it; the formats move too fast for a sorcery-speed counter distributor with no immediate board impact. Oathbreaker is its most forgiving arena, where a planeswalker-centric game plan can occasionally exploit the flying grant to protect or enable a finisher.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Nature's Blessing is deep bulk — easy to pick up, easy to cut without regret. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb, so treat it as a cheap experiment in counter or keyword-matters builds rather than a long-term staple.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.