Tall as a Beanstalk
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +3/+3, has reach, and is a Giant in addition to its other types.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #22453
Tall as a Beanstalk turns any creature with power 4 or greater into a draw engine, stapling card advantage directly onto your biggest threats. The payoff is real, but the setup cost — needing a creature in play before it does anything — makes it conditional enough to cut in most lists.
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, Tall as a Beanstalk slots cleanly into any green deck running large creatures — it's redundant card draw that scales with your board rather than replacing itself once. Pauper is where the card has the most competitive relevance: common-legal card draw at three mana that triggers repeatedly is a real rate when the alternatives are sparse. In Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional — those formats kill or shrink creatures before the enchantment pays off, and three mana buys much cleaner draw elsewhere. Legacy and Vintage have no interest; the ceiling is too low against that level of efficiency.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Tall as a Beanstalk is pure bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in without thinking twice. Demand is too narrow to push the price up, so it should sit at this floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.