Trudge Garden
Enchantment
Whenever you gain life, you may pay . If you do, create a 4/4 green Fungus Beast creature token with trample.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #9128
Trudge Garden generates a 4/4 Fungus Beast token every time an opponent gains life, which in the right deck is a constant stream of enormous threats for just one mana per trigger. The setup cost is real — you need opponents to be gaining life, not just you — but pair it with Ashnod's Altar for sacrifice fuel or Trostani, Selesnya's Voice for immediate lifegain loops and the card stops being a value piece and starts being a game-ender.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Trostani, Selesnya's Voice
Trostani, Selesnya's Voice gains life whenever a creature enters under your control, meaning each Trudge Garden token triggers Trostani, which triggers Trudge Garden again — the loop is self-sustaining with no additional pieces required.

Dina, Soul Steeper
Dina, Soul Steeper drains opponents whenever you gain life, and Trudge Garden punishes opponents for gaining it — together they cover both sides of the life-gain axis and generate board presence alongside the drain.

Dina, Essence Brewer
Dina, Essence Brewer rewards life gain with card advantage and pressure, and Trudge Garden slots in as a token engine that converts any life your opponents accrue into 4/4 threats.

Savra, Queen of the Golgari
Savra, Queen of the Golgari wants a steady supply of creatures to sacrifice for her drain-and-wipe effects, and Trudge Garden provides renewable 4/4 fodder whenever an opponent's lifegain engine fires.
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 |
Trudge Garden is a Commander card through and through — its trigger depends on multiplayer opponents gaining life, a condition that rarely fires in one-on-one formats where neither player is running dedicated lifegain. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; the effect is too slow and conditional for those environments. Commander is where Trudge Garden earns its slot, specifically in Selesnya, Golgari, or Abzan shells built around lifegain symmetry or opponent-lifegain punishment. Oathbreaker is the one other format where it could appear, particularly with a lifegain-adjacent planeswalker at the helm, but the card's real home is 100-card Commander tables.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card



Trudge GardenAshnod's AltarZulaport Cutthroat
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers
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Trudge GardenAshnod's AltarBlood Artist
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers
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Trudge GardenAshnod's AltarMoldervine Reclamation
Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain
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Trudge GardenAshnod's AltarBastion of Remembrance
Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifeloss; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers
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Trudge GardenAshnod's AltarEssence Warden
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Trudge Garden isn't available in the current index, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a niche enchantment with a loyal following in Trostani and Dina builds, it tends to hold a modest price floor — it's not a bulk rare, but it's not chasing spikes either.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.