Sylvan Scavenging
Enchantment
At the beginning of your end step, choose one —
• Put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control.
• Create a 3/3 green Raccoon creature token if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #7166
Sylvan Scavenging puts two +1/+1 counters on each of up to three target creatures and puts a land from your graveyard onto the battlefield — that's a board-wide pump and a land recurrence stapled together for four mana. In Muerra, Trash Tactician decks, where filling the graveyard is the point, the land-from-graveyard clause is live almost every time you cast it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician's engine runs on graveyard density, and Sylvan Scavenging pays the entry fee by recovering a land while simultaneously growing your creature board — two outputs from one spell keeps the engine humming without costing you a dedicated land-recursion slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sylvan Scavenging is legal in every major constructed format, but it doesn't show up outside Commander — four mana for a sorcery-speed pump and a single land recurrence is nowhere near the efficiency ceiling in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer. In Standard it's similarly outclassed by dedicated pump spells or cheaper mana dorks. Commander is the right home: the singleton rule means you want broad, multi-purpose effects, and the longer game lets you extract value from both halves of the card reliably.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Sylvan Scavenging sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a throw-in or from a commons box. Bulk rares with narrow constructed applications rarely appreciate, so don't expect this to move off the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.