Overgrown Zealot
Creature — Elf Druid
: Add one mana of any color.: Add two mana of any one color. Spend this mana only to turn permanents face up.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #6906
Overgrown Zealot puts a land into play tapped whenever a nontoken creature you control morphs or manifests — ramp that scales directly with the number of face-down creatures you're flipping. In Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods decks, where creatures are constantly morphing and generating triggers, this translates to multiple free land drops per turn cycle.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods triggers morph payoffs at scale, and Overgrown Zealot turns every flip into a tapped land — it's the ramp engine morph decks have always wanted.
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
Zimone, Mystery Unraveler manifests cards from the top of the library repeatedly, and Overgrown Zealot converts each manifest event into a land drop, keeping mana development ahead of the card flow.
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer decks play face-down creatures every turn by design, so Overgrown Zealot generates a steady stream of land drops without any additional investment.
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
Vannifar, Evolved Enigma's disguise-heavy gameplan puts multiple face-down creatures into play and then flips them, making Overgrown Zealot a reliable ramp piece that rewards the deck's core loop.
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Kaust, Eyes of the Glade cares about creatures entering face-down and turning face-up, so Overgrown Zealot slots in as free ramp that triggers off the same actions Kaust is already incentivizing.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Overgrown Zealot is a Commander card in practice — the morph and manifest synergies it demands only reach critical density in a 100-card singleton environment with a dedicated face-down commander. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer, morph strategies lack the consistency and payoff density to make a 3-mana creature that produces tapped lands competitive. Standard has no morph infrastructure to speak of right now. Legacy and Vintage have no interest: better ramp exists at every point on the curve. Commander is the format where Overgrown Zealot earns its slot, specifically in the subset of decks built around flipping face-down permanents.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Overgrown Zealot is bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. It's a narrow card with a clear home, so don't expect price movement unless a new morph commander breaks out and spikes demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Yarus, Roar of the Old Gods
- Zimone, Mystery Unraveler
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer
- Vannifar, Evolved Enigma
- Kaust, Eyes of the Glade
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.