The Great Henge
Legendary Artifact
This spell costs 
less to cast, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control.
: Add 
. You gain 2 life.
Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on it and draw a card.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #237
The Great Henge pays for itself in draw and life the turn creatures start entering, and every green deck with a single fatty on board can cast it for two or three mana. The cost is real — it's a nine-mana card on paper — but in practice any deck running creatures with four or more power is casting this on turn four, and the engine it starts is nearly impossible to stop without dedicated enchantment removal. Pairs like Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful show how quickly a +1/+1 counter shell turns The Great Henge into a draw-two-per-trigger machine, and sacrifice outlets like Ashnod's Altar mean every death refuels the hand.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
The Great Henge's enter-the-battlefield draw trigger stacks directly with the counter-doubling and redistribution that Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful rewards — every creature that enters with counters draws a card, and every creature that dies with counters moves them to the next threat. The synergy score of 0.34 is among the highest on the site, and 40% inclusion confirms this is a core piece, not a luxury.
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles every counter The Great Henge places on entering creatures, turning the free +1/+1 into +2/+2 and accelerating the board state faster than opponents can remove it. At over 51% inclusion across Vorinclex lists, The Great Henge is essentially a staple in that shell.
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh cares about gold tokens and entering creatures, and The Great Henge provides both draw and a counter on each creature that enters — keeping the hand full while widening the board. The 0.27 synergy score reflects a clean mechanical fit rather than a coincidental overlap.
Peter Parker
Peter Parker's web counter and creature-entering triggers align tightly with The Great Henge's draw-on-ETB clause, turning every swinging attacker into a card. A 33% inclusion rate across nearly 5,000 decks shows this isn't fringe — it's a recognized engine piece in that build.
Eshki, Temur's Roar
Eshki, Temur's Roar generates large creatures consistently, and those large creatures are exactly what makes The Great Henge cost two or three mana instead of nine. At 33% inclusion across 12,000-plus decks, The Great Henge is the kind of card this commander wants as early as possible to keep the gas flowing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
The Great Henge is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is overwhelmingly where it lives — the format's singleton rule means you want the best draw engine available, and a mana reduction that routinely drops this to two or three mana is common in creature-heavy green decks. In Modern and Pioneer, the nine-mana base cost and the requirement to have a large creature in play create enough variance that faster combo and tempo decks make it a sideboard consideration at best; it sees occasional play in Amulet Titan and stompy shells but is far from a staple. Legacy and Vintage have enough redundancy and raw power that The Great Henge rarely competes for slots, though it appears in dedicated green creature shells that can leverage the cost reduction. Oathbreaker is functionally the closest cousin to Commander here — similar pod sizes, same mana reduction logic applies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
The Great HengeAshnod's Altar
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite colorless mana
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The Great HengePhyrexian Altar
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colored mana; Near-infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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The Great HengeAltar of Dementia
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill; Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite mill; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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The Great HengeGoblin Bombardment
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite damage; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Near-infinite damage; Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
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The Great HengeViscera Seer
Infinite card draw; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate on The Great Henge. Historically it has commanded a significant premium as a mythic rare with broad Commander demand, so treat any copy under $15 as worth picking up if you're building green creature decks.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ashnod's Altar
- Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful
- Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider
- Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh
- Peter Parker
- Eshki, Temur's Roar
- Phyrexian Altar
- Altar of Dementia
- Goblin Bombardment
- Viscera Seer
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.