Sheltering Boughs
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, draw a card.
Enchanted creature gets +1/+3.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #19532
Sheltering Boughs puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature when it enters and replaces itself with a card when that creature dies — two lines of value stapled to one mana investment. It's a fine role-player in counter-synergy or sacrifice shells, but it's not a card you build 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 |
Sheltering Boughs is a Commander card through and through — the death trigger pays off over the long games the format produces, and commanders like Anikthea, Hand of Erebos or Meren of Clan Nel Toth can loop it repeatedly for consistent value. In Pauper it's technically legal but faces stiff competition from enchantments that do more for the same cost. Anywhere faster than that — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Sheltering Boughs is simply too slow and too low-impact to see play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Sheltering Boughs is bulk by any measure — pick it up in a trade binder or throw it in a cart to hit free shipping. Don't expect that price to move; this is a card with a narrow home and no shortage of supply.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.