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Seedcradle Witch

Creature — Elf Shaman

{2}{G}{W}: Target creature gets +3/+3 until end of turn. Untap that creature.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G/W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Shadowmoor
Price
$0.51
EDHREC rank
#15925
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Seedcradle Witch card art
Seedcradle Witch untaps a creature and puts a +1/+1 counter on it at instant speed — a deceptively powerful effect when your creatures tap for mana, since it functions as both a mana doubler and a combat trick in the same activation. The cost is the setup: you need enchantments in play to fuel its ability, which makes it a dependent piece rather than a standalone threat, but Sanctum Weaver and Brigid, Clachan's Heart both provide exactly that context.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Brigid, Clachan's Heart

20.6% of decks · synergy 0.19

Brigid, Clachan's Heart naturally generates enchantments through its Aura-based kit, giving Seedcradle Witch the fuel it needs to repeatedly untap tapped creatures and snowball the board with +1/+1 counters across a single turn cycle.

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 not legal
oathbreaker legal

Seedcradle Witch is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with enchantress and Aura-heavy strategies that simply don't exist at competitive density in Legacy or Vintage, where it sees essentially no play. In Modern it's legal but irrelevant; the format moves too fast for a three-mana creature whose payoff requires additional setup. Commander is where Seedcradle Witch earns its slot, specifically in decks that run multiple enchantments and creatures that tap for mana, turning what looks like a minor untap effect into a legitimate engine piece.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,715 decks
Sanctum WeaverSeedcradle Witch

Sanctum WeaverSeedcradle Witch

Infinite colored mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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111 decks
Seedcradle WitchWirewood Channeler

Seedcradle WitchWirewood Channeler

Infinite colored mana; Infinitely large creatures you control until end of turn; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.51 bulk tier

At $0.51, Seedcradle Witch sits firmly in bulk territory — a low-risk pickup for any enchantress or Aura deck testing it out. Bulk rares with narrow combo applications tend to stay cheap unless a breakout commander pushes demand, so expect the price floor to hold.

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