Magic: The Gathering's 10 Most Valuable One-Mana Enchantments

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While zero- and one-mana artifacts are generally easy to slot into Commander decks thanks to their colorless costs, one-mana enchantments certainly have their place in Magic: The Gathering history.

Even in today’s Standard environment, Aura Aggro decks are capable of ending games quickly, bolstered by one-mana enchantments like Seam Rip, Ethereal Armor, and Shardmage's Rescue. But what are the most valuable one-mana enchantments from across the multiverse? Let’s take a look!

10. Concordant Crossroads – Legends

Market Price: $103.55

Many of the cards herein hail from Magic’s earliest days, including this mass haste-granting world enchantment that received a near-identical counterpart in 2003’s Mirrodin, in the more color-appropriate red Mass Hysteria.

The original printing of this green haste-enabling enchantment was in 1994’s Legends, which featured singular, “of its time” artwork courtesy of Amy Weber. Over $100 as a jumping-off point means we’re in for some pricey pieces of cardboard, to be sure.

9. Darkest Hour (Foil) – Seventh Edition

Market Price: $106.35

Wizards of the Coast was looking for a reset of sorts for Core Sets when Seventh Edition rolled around in 2001, which meant a near-complete visual overhaul for almost all of the reprinted cards in the set.

One such reprint that’s worth a princely sum in its foil trappings is the one-mana black enchantment Darkest Hour, which provides an intriguingly odd effect: it turns all creatures black. While this writer might prefer the original Urza’s Saga artwork courtesy of Heather Hudson, there’s no denying the value of the Seventh Edition foil version illustrated by Ciruelo.

8. Land Tax (Confetti Foil Borderless Anime Enchanting Tales) – Wilds of Eldraine

Market Price: $110.44

The most recent card on this list by far was printed in 2023’s Wilds of Eldraine as part of the Enchanting Tales bonus sheet.

In particular, this Confetti Foil Borderless Anime rendition of the famed white one-mana deck-thinner and land-finding powerhouse could only be found in Collector Boosters of the set, leading to its premium-sized price point on the secondary market.

7. Field of Dreams – Legends

Market Price: $132.58

“If you build it, he will come.”

Sure, the famed Field of Dreams quote likely wasn't talking about this one-mana enchantment. But if it had had been talking about this beguilingly illustrated blue permanent from Legends, it also might recommend playing it alongside another blue one-mana enchantment in Telepathy to obtain near-perfect information about your foe’s plans.

6. Wild Growth (Foil) – Seventh Edition

Market Price: $133.71

While Llanowar Elves, the most valuable Druid card of all time and one of the most valuable Elf cards ever, is surely the more iconic one-mana green mana-ramping spell, Wild Growth is right there with it, doubling the mana produced by an enchanted Forest as early as turn two, just what green Timmy/Tammy players want the most.

Seventh Edition foils continue to be hot commodities on the secondary market, as the non-foil version of this card can be had for a pittance at 37 cents.

5. Earthbind – Alpha

Market Price: $200.82

Now begins a run of five straight over-30-year-old cards from Magic’s past, four of which were printed in the game’s first set, Alpha, which is the main reason they're all worth more than $200.

First up is Earthbind, an extremely clunky piece of anti-flying tech for that’s perhaps most notable for its extremely suggestive Quinton Hoover artwork, the likes of which would be hard to imagine on a modern Magic card.

4. Living Artifact – Alpha

Market Price: $251.10

Speaking of bonkers early Magic artwork, say hello to Living Artifact from Alpha. Thanks to Anson Maddocks, we get what looks like a Facehugger Xenomorph from Alien doing its best Man in the Iron Mask impression.

While this card’s effect is tremendously niche and unplayable by modern standards, its immense scarcity and age make it a pricey endeavor to obtain. Not bad for a card that not many know exists in today’s Magic environment.

3. Animate Wall – Alpha

Market Price: $413.61

The ability to bypass defender is relatively commonplace these days, but the effect does actually date all the way back to the game’s first set and, notably, its first card (by set number, at least) and this one-mana white Aura that could only enchant a Wall creature.

While creatures with defender don’t always have to be Walls these days, this is still an easy way to bypass a Wall's inability to attack, though playing it in an Arcades, the Strategist Commander deck is surely a byproduct of nostalgia rather than necessity.

2. Drop of Honey – Arabian Nights

Market Price: $505.16

An extremely odd card that could only be from Magic’s formative years, Drop of Honey is a power-matters one-mana green enchantment that can actually pick off weaker threats.

Sick of that Esper Sentinel while your big beaters swing face? Give it a li’l honey drop. Mana dorks got you down? Creature better have my honey! Just remember that your own creatures aren't safe from its sweet embrace, either. And don’t confuse this one-mana enchantment (which was color-shifted into Porphyry Nodes in 2007’s Planar Chaos) with this candy.

1. Fastbond – Alpha

Market Price: $2,738.38

Representing a jump of more than $2,000 (a 442% increase) from second place to first, this one-mana green enchantment showcases just how different Magic design was over 30 years ago.

Being able to play any number of lands each turn while taking just 1 damage for each additional land played is simply not feasible by modern standards, especially with today's landfall triggers, ultra-fast-paced play styles, and combos that could become even more absurd with the help of Fastbond.

Even restrained versions of this effect, such as Manabond or Exploration, are still potent threats by today’s standards, so it’s no surprise that this busted green enchantment is banned in Commander and Legacy... and tips the scales as the most valuable one-mana enchantment of all time.