Flourishing Defenses
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}
- Type
- Enchantment
- Set
- Shadowmoor #114 (uncommon)
- Price
- $3.41 USD
Whenever a -1/-1 counter is put on a creature, you may create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
Flourishing Defenses has 2 printings, first in Shadowmoor (2008). EDHREC ranks it #3,798 among Commander cards. It appears most in Auntie Ool, Cursewretch decks (17,885 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 2 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Flourishing Defenses
- Blight Curse - Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander Deck, led by Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Commanders that run Flourishing Defenses most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Auntie Ool, Cursewretch: 17,885 decks
- High Perfect Morcant: 14,688 decks
- Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons: 3,106 decks
- Maralen, Fae Ascendant: 1,228 decks
- Thranduil, the Elvenking: 630 decks
- Volrath, the Shapestealer: 352 decks
- Vhati il-Dal: 38 decks
- Hapatra, the Desert Fang: 12 decks
Often played with Flourishing Defenses
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : This ability triggers once for each -1/-1 counter. For example, if Leech Bonder (a creature that enters with two -1/-1 counters on it) entered, Flourishing Defenses's ability would trigger twice.
- : This ability triggers both when a -1/-1 counter is put on a creature on the battlefield and when a creature enters with a -1/-1 counter on it. This includes when a creature returns to the battlefield as a result of persist.