Tanglebloom
Artifact
, 
: You gain 1 life.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25558
Tanglebloom gives you one life per mana spent activating it — a drain on resources that almost never justifies the slot. Unless you're in a dedicated lifegain engine that rewards every single trigger, this is a bulk rare doing a bulk rare's job.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tanglebloom is a fringe include that only earns its slot in decks where each individual lifegain trigger is a discrete payoff — think Heliod, Sun-Crowned or Lathiel, the Bounteous Dawn shells where the number of triggers matters more than the amount. In Pauper, where the bar for one-mana artifacts is high and games are faster, Tanglebloom doesn't have a home. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the effect is too slow and too small to register. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's logic: viable only if your signature spell or commander explicitly rewards repeated lifegain triggers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Tanglebloom is deep bulk — a pickup that costs almost nothing and holds no value beyond that floor. Don't expect price movement; grab a copy only if you've identified a specific lifegain-trigger deck that needs it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.