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Squirrel Nest

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant land
Enchanted land has "{T}: Create a 1/1 green Squirrel creature token."

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Bloomburrow Commander
Price
$0.28
EDHREC rank
#3582
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Squirrel Nest card art
Squirrel Nest turns any land into a repeatable 1/1 factory — one token per tap, every turn, for as long as the enchanted land stays on the battlefield. Pair it with Earthcraft and the combo goes infinite on the spot; even without that line, Hazel of the Rootbloom makes every activation trigger additional token production and pushes the card from solid to essential.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Hazel of the Rootbloom

Hazel of the Rootbloom

67.7% of decks · synergy 0.60

Hazel of the Rootbloom appears in over 67% of decks running this card for good reason — Squirrel Nest feeds Hazel's triggered ability directly, turning each tapped-land activation into a cascade of additional Squirrel tokens that quickly overwhelm the board.

02
Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Chatterfang, Squirrel General

62.5% of decks · synergy 0.55

Squirrel Nest is an auto-include in Chatterfang, Squirrel General decks because every token it produces triggers Chatterfang's doubling effect, and the resulting Squirrel army feeds Chatterfang's sacrifice outlet for black mana to fuel further plays.

03
Camellia, the Seedmiser

Camellia, the Seedmiser

50.3% of decks · synergy 0.43

Camellia, the Seedmiser draws a card whenever a Squirrel token enters the battlefield, so Squirrel Nest becomes a repeatable card-draw engine stapled to a land — one of the cleanest synergies in the deck.

04
Toski, Bearer of Secrets

Toski, Bearer of Secrets

13.9% of decks · synergy 0.13

Toski, Bearer of Secrets wants a wide board of small attackers that are difficult to block profitably, and Squirrel Nest delivers a fresh 1/1 every turn to keep that pressure consistent without spending additional cards.

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

Commander is where Squirrel Nest does its best work — the format's longer games give the enchantment time to generate a decisive token advantage, and Squirrel-tribal commanders turn it into an engine rather than just a value piece. In Legacy and Vintage, the Squirrel Nest plus Earthcraft combo is technically available but faces stiff competition from faster, more resilient win conditions, and neither format rewards a two-card enchantment setup that requires a land to survive. Oathbreaker occupies similar territory to Commander, where the grind-heavy games let the Nest shine in the right token shell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.28 bulk tier

At $0.28, Squirrel Nest is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a dollar bin without a second thought. Given its unique combo role with Earthcraft and its lock on Squirrel-tribal Commander builds, that price is a stable floor rather than a signal it's going anywhere.

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