Is Rites of Flourishing good in Commander?

Rites of Flourishing

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card.
Each player may play an additional land on each of their turns.

CMC: 3
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: mythic
Set: Avatar: The Last Airbender Eternal
Price: $0.78
EDHREC rank: #1511

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Rites of Flourishing hands every player an extra land drop and an extra card each turn — the table advantage is real and immediate, which means you need a reason to give opponents that gift. It earns its slot in symmetry-reward shells like Gluntch, the Bestower, where giving is the point, or lock decks built around Glacial Chasm, where opponents can't spend the extra resources anyway.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Gluntch, the Bestower

61.6% of decks · synergy 0.59

Gluntch, the Bestower is the natural home — the commander already rewards you for handing out benefits, and Rites of Flourishing layers a permanent group-hug effect on top that keeps opponents flush with cards and land while you harvest Gluntch's triggers.

Phelddagrif

53.6% of decks · synergy 0.47

Phelddagrif decks run on political currency, and Rites of Flourishing is exactly the kind of symmetrical generosity that keeps the table friendly and pointed away from you while the hippo grinds toward a win.

Ms. Bumbleflower

39.1% of decks · synergy 0.33

Ms. Bumbleflower wants every give-to-opponents effect she can find, and Rites of Flourishing is one of the most efficient permanent sources of that effect in green — extra cards and land drops for the table means more triggers and more goodwill.

Círdan the Shipwright

34.0% of decks · synergy 0.32

Círdan the Shipwright cares about drawing cards, and Rites of Flourishing guarantees at least one extra draw per turn cycle while also accelerating everyone's mana development — both halves contribute to the engine.

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash

33.7% of decks · synergy 0.31

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash punishes opponents for having mana in their pool, so Rites of Flourishing's extra land drops create more opportunities for opponents to flood their pools and take burn — the card draw half is gravy.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Rites of Flourishing is a Commander card through and through — the symmetrical effect is a liability in 1v1 formats where handing an opponent extra resources is almost always game-losing. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no play; three mana for symmetrical group hug is nowhere near the power threshold those formats demand. Commander is where it lives, specifically in decks that either exploit the symmetry politically or lock opponents out of using the resources they're given. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it can find a niche, again only in decks engineered to benefit more from the effect than opponents do.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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