Sheltered Aerie
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant land
Enchanted land has "
: Add two mana of any one color."
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #16238
Sheltered Aerie enchants a land to tap for two mana of any color — a three-mana ramp spell that fixes your colors and sticks on the board. It's strictly worse than a land-slot upgrade in most builds, but in Commander decks running Arbor Elf or other untap effects, the enchanted land becomes a mana engine worth building around.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Sheltered Aerie occupies the low end of the ramp spectrum — fine in budget builds or decks that specifically want enchantments on lands, outclassed by Arcane Signet and three-mana land-fetchers in most 99s. In Pauper, where the card pool is shallow and fixing is precious, it earns more serious consideration in multicolor brews that can't afford premium duals. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage have faster, more efficient options at every point on the curve, so Sheltered Aerie doesn't register competitively in those formats. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: acceptable filler, not a priority.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Sheltered Aerie is deep bulk — pick it up in a common lot or as a throw-in and never think about the price again. It won't hold speculative value, but you're not buying it for that; you're buying it because your budget deck needs a fourth color and you have $0.07.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.