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Reins of the Vinesteed

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2.
When enchanted creature dies, you may return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield attached to a creature that shares a creature type with that creature.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Morningtide
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#23364
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Reins of the Vinesteed card art
Reins of the Vinesteed puts a free Aura on a creature the moment it enters, and when that creature dies, the Aura jumps to another target for nothing — that recursive loop is the entire reason to run it. In Chishiro, the Shattered Blade, where every Aura entering triggers a 2/2 token, a single copy can chain across a combat step and generate multiple bodies without spending another card.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Reins of the Vinesteed is a bulk uncommon that sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — those formats have no use for a five-mana Aura with no immediate board impact beyond a pump. Pauper is the one non-Commander format worth mentioning: go-wide green decks with recursive creatures can extract real value from the jump mechanic, though it still sits fringe there. Commander is where it actually earns a slot, specifically in Aura-matters or token-generating commanders where each reattachment is a free trigger rather than a tempo loss.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Reins of the Vinesteed is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box rather than ordering it. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a pushed Aura-matters commander in a future set makes the reattach mechanic suddenly popular.

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