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Nissa's Zendikon

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant land
Enchanted land is a 4/4 Elemental creature with reach and haste. It's still a land.
When enchanted land dies, return that card to its owner's hand.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Zendikar Rising
Price
$0.09
EDHREC rank
#19787
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Nissa's Zendikon card art
Nissa's Zendikon turns any land into a 4/4 elemental that swings or blocks immediately — and when it dies, you get the land back untapped. The catch is the enchantment itself costs four mana, which is a lot to spend making your Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx temporarily unavailable as a mana source.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Nissa's Zendikon is a bulk common, so it sees play primarily in Pauper and Commander, where its price point and casual upside are welcome. In Pauper, it has a narrow home in green stompy or lands-matter brews that want a resilient threat that recycles itself. In Commander, it fits mono-green or Simic landfall decks looking for extra bodies that double as land protection — the return-to-hand clause on creature death means it dodges wraths better than a vanilla beater would. It's not a consideration in Modern, Legacy, or Vintage, where four mana for a 4/4 with no immediate board disruption is strictly underpowered.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.09 bulk tier

At $0.09, Nissa's Zendikon is deep bulk — buy a playset for less than a pack of gum. Don't expect that to change; it's a common with narrow competitive appeal and no scarcity angle keeping a floor under it.

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