Thickest in the Thicket
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, put X +1/+1 counters on target creature, where X is that creature's power.
At the beginning of your end step, draw two cards if you control the creature with the greatest power or tied for the greatest power.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Bloomburrow Commander
- Price
- $0.69
- EDHREC rank
- #3024
Thickest in the Thicket pumps your entire board based on your biggest creature's power — in one spell, it can swing a combat from losing to dominating. Bello, Bard of the Brambles makes this absurd by guaranteeing your creatures are already oversized Forests, turning the pump into a multiplied threat across every attacker.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Bello, Bard of the Brambles
Bello, Bard of the Brambles turns every Forest into a creature with power tied to your land count, so Thickest in the Thicket finds an enormous base power immediately and copies that buff across a wide board of land-creatures swinging for lethal.
Wildsear, Scouring Maw
Wildsear, Scouring Maw cares about having large creatures attack, and Thickest in the Thicket is a cheap way to spike the whole board's power before the combat damage step — exactly the kind of explosive one-shot setup the deck wants.
Muerra, Trash Tactician
Muerra, Trash Tactician rewards going wide with modified creatures, and Thickest in the Thicket modifies the whole team at once while using your biggest threat as the ceiling for every other creature's buff.
Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied scales with +1/+1 counters and power boosts, making Thickest in the Thicket a natural fit for a deck that already wants one enormous creature setting the pace for everything else.
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
Maarika, Brutal Gladiator wants to deal first strike damage and survive fights, and Thickest in the Thicket stacks enough power across the board to make every attacker a lethal threat before blockers are even assigned.
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 |
Thickest in the Thicket is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with board width and the presence of one oversized creature, both conditions Commander consistently delivers. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but goes nowhere near a competitive slot; those formats end games before a green pump spell resolves profitably. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander context where it can shine if your planeswalker is already making large creatures. Outside those four formats, Thickest in the Thicket simply isn't available, and honestly doesn't need to be.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.69 bulk tier
At $0.69, Thickest in the Thicket sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a four-of or stuff into every green Commander deck that qualifies without a second thought. Given how heavily it indexes on Bello decks specifically, its floor is stable but don't expect upward movement unless a breakout build pushes it into mainstream green staple conversation.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Bello, Bard of the Brambles
- Wildsear, Scouring Maw
- Muerra, Trash Tactician
- Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
- Maarika, Brutal Gladiator
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.