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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
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
Price
$1.86
EDHREC rank
#14883
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Yavimaya Bloomsage // Channel card art
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

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Zimone, Infinite Analyst

Zimone, Infinite Analyst

44.3% of decks · synergy 0.39

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

FormatVerdict
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

323 decks
Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelStensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate

Yavimaya Bloomsage // ChannelStensian Sanguinist // Exsanguinate

Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifeloss

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Price Context

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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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.