Is Overgrowth good in Commander?

Overgrowth in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Overgrowth puts two mana on a land for three mana — the moment it resolves, you're ahead on resources every turn it survives. It's a worse rate than a mana rock in a vacuum, but Estrid, the Masked can untap the enchanted land and recoup the investment on the spot, which reframes the cost entirely.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Estrid, the Masked

67.2% of decks · synergy 0.65

Estrid, the Masked's +2 untaps all enchanted permanents, so Overgrowth on a land can pay for itself the same turn Estrid activates — stack multiple Auras and the mana engine scales past anything a rock package can match.

02

Wildsear, Scouring Maw

48.5% of decks · synergy 0.47

Wildsear, Scouring Maw rewards loading enchantments onto permanents, and Overgrowth doubles as both an enchantment payoff and the ramp needed to cast Wildsear's expensive top end ahead of schedule.

03

Yenna, Redtooth Regent

48.2% of decks · synergy 0.44

Yenna, Redtooth Regent can copy Auras, which means a single Overgrowth can multiply into several copies across your lands and compound the mana advantage each turn.

04

Thrun, Breaker of Silence

39.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Thrun, Breaker of Silence wants fast, explosive mana to land ahead of curve and apply immediate pressure, and Overgrowth on a Forest supplies the kind of sustained acceleration that keeps Thrun's threat density ahead of opponents' answers.

05

Preston Garvey, Minuteman

36.4% of decks · synergy 0.35

Preston Garvey, Minuteman creates token copies of enchanted permanents, and Overgrowth is a cheap, high-impact Aura that turns those token triggers into extra mana production without demanding a significant additional investment.

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	legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Overgrowth earns its slot — three mana for two permanent extra mana is a meaningful rate in a format full of enchantment synergies, Aura recursion, and untap engines that make the land-targeting upside compounding rather than linear. In Pauper it's legal and occasionally sees play in green ramp shells that want sustained mana rather than one-shot rituals, though competition from cheaper commons is stiff. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — those formats move too fast for a three-mana sorcery that needs the enchanted land to survive, and better ramp exists at every price point. Overgrowth's practical home is Commander, full stop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.40 bulk tier

At $0.40, Overgrowth sits firmly in bulk territory — you can pick up a copy without thinking about the price. It's been reprinted enough times that the floor is unlikely to drop further, and the ceiling is equally stable; this is a card you buy because you need it, not because you're watching the market.