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Overgrowth Elemental

Creature — Elemental

When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on another target Elemental you control.
Whenever another creature you control dies, you gain 1 life. If that creature was an Elemental, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Core Set 2020
Price
$0.23
EDHREC rank
#18107
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Overgrowth Elemental card art
Overgrowth Elemental turns every creature death into a permanent +1/+1 counter and, when an Elemental dies, tacks on a life point too — all on a 3/3 body for four mana that gains you life just for entering. The combo ceiling with Trudge Garden is real, and Omnath, Locus of the Roil decks that churn through Elementals treat it as a self-sustaining value engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Omnath, Locus of the Roil

Omnath, Locus of the Roil

16.1% of decks · synergy 0.16

Omnath, Locus of the Roil floods the board with Elementals, so Overgrowth Elemental's death trigger fires constantly — every sacrificed or swept token translates into counters and life, and the enter-the-battlefield life gain lines up cleanly with Omnath's own damage-dealing landfall.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Overgrowth Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander by a wide margin. In 60-card formats the four-mana slot is brutally competitive and a 3/3 that drips value through creature deaths can't keep pace with dedicated synergy pieces. Commander is where the math works: longer games, more creatures dying, and Elemental tribal synergies that make both triggers fire repeatedly in the same turn.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.23 bulk tier

At $0.23, Overgrowth Elemental is deep bulk — you'll find copies in bulk bins and draft chaff boxes without looking hard. Bulk rares with narrow tribal requirements rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so treat it as a free include rather than a spec.

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