Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel
Creature — Dryad Druid // Sorcery
At the beginning of your end step, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then if that creature has power 7 or greater, this creature becomes prepared. (While it's prepared, you may cast a copy of its spell. Doing so unprepares it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
- Price
- $1.86
- EDHREC rank
- #14883
Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel dumps massive amounts of green mana into a life-drain finisher like Exsanguinate without ever touching your hand — the Channel side turns surplus mana into direct life payment, then the Bloomsage side converts that life into a board state or more mana fuel. The cost is real: it asks for a dedicated life-gain engine and enough mana to make the Channel activation meaningful, which is exactly why Zimone, Infinite Analyst decks are its natural home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy

Zimone, Infinite Analyst
Zimone, Infinite Analyst repeatedly generates mana and draw triggers that spiral out of control, and Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel slots in as both a mana sink and a life-to-resource converter that keeps the engine fed — 44% of Zimone decks already run it, and the 0.39 synergy score reflects how naturally the two pieces lock together.
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 |
Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel is a Commander card through and through — the Channel ability only becomes absurd when you have 40 life to spend and a game that runs long enough to generate the mana to cash it in. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats end too fast and have no interest in a three-mana creature whose payoff requires a second card and a life-drain sink. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case worth noting, since the 20-life starting total is still enough to fuel a Channel activation as a burst finisher if your planeswalker is already setting up the board.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card


Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelExsanguinate
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss
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Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelStensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss
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Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelTorment of Hailfire
Near-infinite lifeloss
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Current price
$1.86 cheap tier
At $1.86, Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel sits in the cheap tier — low enough that there's no real budget barrier to including it, and the 44% inclusion rate in its best shell suggests demand isn't going anywhere. For a card doing genuine combo work in a heavily-played commander archetype, that price is a bargain.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Exsanguinate
- Zimone, Infinite Analyst
- Stensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate
- Torment of Hailfire
- Crackle with Power
- Comet Storm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.

