Careful Cultivation

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Careful Cultivation: Enchantment - Aura, Wilds of Eldraine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{2}{G}
Mana value
3
Type
Enchantment - Aura
Colour identity
Green (G)
Rarity
Common
Set
Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC)
Released
2023-09-08
Collector number
122
Artist
A. M. Sartor
Commander rank
11,570 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Channel, Enchant

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About Careful Cultivation

Careful Cultivation is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green enchantment from Wilds of Eldraine Commander (WOC), a Commander product released in September 2023. It is collector number 122 in that set, with art by A. M. Sartor. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (2022) to Wilds of Eldraine Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.22 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Enchant artifact or creature

As long as enchanted permanent is a creature, it gets +1/+3 and has reach and "{T}: Add {G}{G}."

Channel - {1}{G}, Discard this card: Create a 1/1 green Human Monk creature token with "{T}: Add {G}."

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.22 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Careful Cultivation by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Careful Cultivation

Careful Cultivation has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #178Common2022

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Careful Cultivation, newest first.

  • Discarding the card is part of the cost to activate a channel ability.
  • If a channel ability requires a target, you may not activate it without a target just to discard the card.

Similar cards

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Careful Cultivation is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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