Up the Beanstalk
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters and whenever you cast a spell with mana value 5 or greater, draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $2.52
- EDHREC rank
- #1034
Up the Beanstalk is a one-mana enchantment that replaces itself immediately and then draws a card every time you cast a spell with mana value five or greater — in the right deck, that's a repeating engine disguised as a cantrip. Commanders like Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep that are built around expensive spells will trigger it constantly, turning a $2.52 slot into one of the best draw engines in the format.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | banned |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | banned |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Up the Beanstalk carries two real restrictions: the trigger only fires on spells with mana value five or greater, and the enchantment itself costs two mana before you see any payoff beyond the enter-the-battlefield draw. In Standard and Modern those constraints weren't constraints at all — the card fed free-spell and cascade shells fast enough to earn bans in both formats. Commander gives it a pass because the format's average curve is already skewed toward expensive spells, so the five-mana threshold hits naturally and often, and a two-mana enchantment that draws cards for the rest of the game is exactly the kind of slow value the format rewards.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep
Kiora, Sovereign of the Deep casts Krakens, Leviathans, Octopuses, and Serpents for free off the top of the library, and every one of those free casts triggers Up the Beanstalk — the two cards form a self-sustaining draw loop that runs as long as the creature type chain keeps firing.
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet generates mana specifically to cast spells with X in their cost, which regularly land at five-plus mana value, so Up the Beanstalk turns every X-spell into a card draw on top of its primary effect.
Baru, Wurmspeaker
Baru, Wurmspeaker's gameplan is casting large Wurms and making more of them, and virtually every payoff in the deck clears the five-mana threshold that Up the Beanstalk demands.
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty grants cascade to spells with mana value six or greater, so Up the Beanstalk triggers on the original cast and then again on whatever cascade digs up — two draws from a single spell.
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd is built around Treefolk with high mana values, and Up the Beanstalk converts that top-heavy curve into sustained card advantage rather than letting late-game casts go unrewarded.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.52 cheap tier
At $2.52, Up the Beanstalk sits in the cheap tier — competitive with basic staples and well below what its ban history in two formats would suggest it should cost. Supply from its original print run keeps the price accessible, and for the draw density it provides in high-curve Commander decks, it's one of the better value slots you can fill at that price.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.