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Zendikar Resurgent

Enchantment

Whenever you tap a land for mana, add one mana of any type that land produced. (The types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless.)
Whenever you cast a creature spell, draw a card.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
The List
Price
$6.05
EDHREC rank
#2175
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Zendikar Resurgent card art
Zendikar Resurgent doubles your mana for the rest of the game and replaces itself every time you cast a creature — that's two engines on one seven-mana enchantment. The cost is real, but shells that already run Omnath, Locus of Mana or bounce creatures like Palinchron recoup the investment immediately.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Omnath, Locus of Mana

Omnath, Locus of Mana

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.33

Omnath, Locus of Mana banks unused mana between turns, and Zendikar Resurgent doubles every land tap, so the stored pool compounds faster than almost any other engine in the deck.

02
Zacama, Primal Calamity

Zacama, Primal Calamity

30.3% of decks · synergy 0.29

Zacama, Primal Calamity untaps all lands on entry, and with Zendikar Resurgent in play that untap immediately refills a doubled mana pool — effectively letting Zacama pay for itself and leave mana to spare for its activated abilities.

03
Kruphix, God of Horizons

Kruphix, God of Horizons

26.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Kruphix, God of Horizons converts excess mana into a colorless reserve that never drains, and Zendikar Resurgent ensures every land tap generates twice as much to bank — the two permanents together make mana accumulate at a rate opponents can rarely race.

04
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty

24.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty cascades off spells with mana value six or greater, and Zendikar Resurgent both doubles your land mana to hit those thresholds faster and draws a card each time a creature cascade trigger puts another creature onto the stack.

05
Karametra, God of Harvests

Karametra, God of Harvests

18.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Karametra, God of Harvests puts lands into play every time you cast a creature, and Zendikar Resurgent turns each of those new lands into doubled mana while also replacing the creature spell with a fresh card draw.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Zendikar Resurgent is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive home is Commander and nowhere else. Seven mana is unplayable in any 60-card format where the game ends before enchantments like this could stabilize, and no competitive Legacy or Modern shell wants a do-nothing permanent on turn four or later. In Commander, the cost is acceptable because the game goes long and the payoff — doubled land mana plus a draw trigger on every creature — scales with the number of players and the length of the game. Oathbreaker can support it in ramp-heavy green signatures, though the 20-life starting total compresses timelines enough that it remains a fringe include.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

451 decks
PalinchronZendikar Resurgent

PalinchronZendikar Resurgent

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite mana lands you control can produce; Near-infinite storm count; Near-infinite untap of lands you control

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309 decks
Magus of the CandelabraStaff of DominationZendikar Resurgent

Magus of the CandelabraStaff of DominationZendikar Resurgent

Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger does the same mana-doubling work for a similar price but disrupts opponents rather than drawing cards, which makes it a threat magnet — Zendikar Resurgent is often safer. Mana Reflection costs more than Zendikar Resurgent but hits all mana sources, not just lands; for pure doubling it's the upgrade, not the replacement.

Price Context

Current price

$6.05 mid tier

At $6.05, Zendikar Resurgent sits in the mid tier — affordable enough that it belongs in any green Commander deck that runs past turn six without apology. Reprint history keeps the ceiling low, so don't expect the price to climb, but it's a stable pickup that won't lose significant value either.

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