Springjack Pasture
Land
: Add 
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, : Create a 0/1 white Goat creature token., Sacrifice X Goats: Add X mana of any one color. You gain X life.
- CMC
- 0
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Eventide
- Price
- $1.07
- EDHREC rank
- #11784
Springjack Pasture converts mana into Goat tokens and then converts those Goats into colorless mana and life — a tidy loop that The Capitoline Triad and token-sacrifice engines exploit hard, while Living Plane turns every land into a creature and makes the Pasture's activated abilities considerably more fraught. The cost is real: four mana to make a 0/1 is glacial, and the card earns its slot only in decks that specifically want disposable artifacts-matter or sacrifice fodder, not as general-purpose ramp.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Capitoline Triad
The Capitoline Triad runs Springjack Pasture as a repeatable Goat factory: the trio's focus on token accumulation and sacrifice outlets means every 0/1 you generate is currency, and the life payment from cashing in the Pasture's second ability feeds right back into the engine.
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut turns every creature into a 5/3 Juggernaut, so the otherwise-embarrassing Goats from Springjack Pasture suddenly attack as serious threats — the Pasture becomes a mana sink that churns out pseudo-Juggernauts on demand.
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 |
Springjack Pasture is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but in practice it lives almost exclusively in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no appetite for a land that spends four mana to produce a 0/1 when those formats demand efficiency above all else, and Modern's threat density makes the Pasture's slow drip of Goats irrelevant outside of fringe token brews. Commander is the one format slow enough to let Springjack Pasture do its thing — multiplayer games give it time to generate a board, and sacrifice-matter or token-doubler commanders turn the Goats from embarrassing to purposeful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Living PlaneSpringjack PastureIntruder Alarm
Infinite colored mana; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite creature tokens with 0 power; Infinite ETB; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$1.07 cheap tier
At $1.07, Springjack Pasture sits in a comfortable budget tier — cheap enough to throw into any deck that wants it without deliberation. It's a narrow card with a narrow audience, so don't expect the price to move unless a new commander makes Goat tokens suddenly relevant.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Living Plane
- The Capitoline Triad
- Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut
- Intruder Alarm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.