Thelon's Chant
Enchantment
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this enchantment unless you pay 
.
Whenever a player puts a Swamp onto the battlefield, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless the player puts a -1/-1 counter on a creature they control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #28313
Thelon's Chant taxes every non-Swamp land a player controls at the start of their upkeep — if they don't pay, they sacrifice a creature — making it a persistent drain on any green or multicolor opponent while costing you only two mana. In dedicated black-heavy mana bases it's nearly free punishment; outside them, it's too conditional to justify a slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thelon's Chant is best understood as a group-slug enchantment aimed at the table's green mages — at four or more players, the cumulative upkeep pressure can be meaningful, but its impact collapses in mono-black mirrors or artifact-heavy pods. Legacy and Vintage both technically support it, but the card sees no competitive play in either format; the condition is too narrow and the payoff too slow against the threats those formats present. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a dedicated black planeswalker-commander shell might deploy Thelon's Chant as cheap attrition against specific meta calls, but even there it rarely makes the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Thelon's Chant is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect price movement; pick it up if the build calls for it, but there's no urgency.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.