Price$3.06 – $4.12
Buy on TCGplayerElemental Bond
Enchantment
LegalCard DrawRank #567
Whenever a creature you control with power 3 or greater enters, draw a card.
Why is this card good?
Elemental Bond is one of green's premier repeatable card advantage engines, and it's criminally cheap at three mana for what it provides.
The key threshold is power 3+, which is low enough that most green decks clear it constantly. It shines in token strategies that make big creatures (Hydras, Beasts, Elemental tribal), +1/+1 counter decks, and any go-wide or stompy build where you're flooding the board. Commanders like Marwyn, Vrondiss, Ghired, or Omnath line up perfectly. It also pairs beautifully with blink/recursion since every reentry redraws.
Compare to Garruk's Uprising (which also grants trample) — Bond is cheaper but lacks the keyword and the immediate draw, so deck context matters.
Don't run it in decks heavy on small utility creatures, mana dorks, or 1/1 tokens — you'll watch bodies enter and draw nothing. Aristocrats and elf-ball decks that lean on tiny creatures usually want a different draw package. You need a genuine density of beefy bodies to justify the slot.
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Printings (7)
Played by these commanders
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Rulings (1)
- 2025-10-02
The creature must have power 3 or greater as it enters, or Elemental Bond's ability won't trigger. Static abilities that raise (or lower) a creature's power are taken into account. However, you can't have a creature with power 2 or less enter and try to raise its power with a spell, an activated ability, or a triggered ability.