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Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual

Creature — Elf Druid // Sorcery — Adventure

{T}: Add one mana of any color.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#9537
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Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual card art
Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual is a mana-positive adventure creature: the Acolyte side is a 2/3 body that taps for one mana of any color, and Seasonal Ritual front-loads a single green mana before you cast it, meaning you're netting a body and flexibility for three mana total. Commanders like Gorion, Wise Mentor that care about casting adventure spells or non-creature spells love the double trigger, making this card do real work beyond simple fixing.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gorion, Wise Mentor

Gorion, Wise Mentor

77.7% of decks · synergy 0.77

Gorion, Wise Mentor triggers off every instant and sorcery cast, so Seasonal Ritual fires the engine before the Acolyte even hits the battlefield — that's two distinct events from one card. At over 77% inclusion, Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual is essentially a staple in the archetype.

02

Beluna Grandsquall

73.5% of decks · synergy 0.72

Beluna Grandsquall cares about adventure creatures specifically, and Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual checks that box while also providing mana fixing for multicolor adventure piles. The 73% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly it slots into Beluna's core engine.

03
Eshki Dragonclaw

Eshki Dragonclaw

33.1% of decks · synergy 0.31

Eshki Dragonclaw wants creatures with multiple types or abilities to copy and maximize, and Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual offers adventure synergy plus a mana-producing body worth duplicating. At a third of all Eshki decks, it's a reliable role-player rather than a centerpiece.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual earns its slot almost exclusively in adventure-matters decks — outside that niche, a three-mana mana-fixer with a small body is too slow to compete with two-mana ramp. Pauper is where it gets more interesting: color fixing at common that also leaves a blocker is genuinely useful in creature-light control or midrange shells. Modern and Pioneer have access to too many efficient mana creatures and spells for Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual to see serious play outside of dedicated adventure brews. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic home for it.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't currently available for Rosethorn Acolyte // Seasonal Ritual, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. As a common from a widely opened set, it has historically sat well under a dollar, and there's no reason to expect that to have changed.

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