Restless Bivouac
Land
This land enters tapped.
: Add 
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: This land becomes a 2/2 red and white Ox creature until end of turn. It's still a land.
Whenever this land attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine Promos
- Price
- $1.21
- EDHREC rank
- #4168
Restless Bivouac enters untapped, attacks as a 2/2 that makes a Soldier token, and replaces itself with a basic land when it dies — that's a lot of work for a single land slot. Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon decks run it because every non-token creature attack triggers Anim's counter ability, and a land doing double duty as an attacker is exactly the kind of density that engine rewards.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon
Anim Pakal, Thousandth Moon counts non-token creature attacks to load up charge counters and spawn Gnome tokens, so Restless Bivouac contributes a free attacker from your land slot — it's the kind of redundancy that makes the engine consistent without spending a card.
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 |
In Commander, Restless Bivouac earns its slot in any Boros or Mardu deck that wants bodies on the battlefield without sacrificing land count — it's especially strong in token-wide and attack-trigger strategies. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, animated lands compete with a high bar; Restless Bivouac's three-mana activation cost is slow, and the Soldier token doesn't compensate enough to displace purpose-built threats. Standard is the friendliest 60-card home, where the card-advantage loop and aggressive stats are more relevant against a slower field. Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful use for it — the activation cost is a non-starter at that speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.21 cheap tier
At $1.21, Restless Bivouac sits in the cheap tier where it's a low-risk pickup for any deck that wants it. The price is stable — it does too specific a job to spike, but its built-in utility keeps it from hitting bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.