First printed in Rise of the Eldrazi (2010)

All 6 prints

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #264, 2025
New Capenna Commander (NCC) #303, 2022
Jumpstart (JMP) #417, 2020
The List (PLST) #IMA-180, 2019
Iconic Masters (IMA) #180, 2017
Rise of the Eldrazi (ROE) #203, 2010

Overgrown Battlement

Creature — Wall

Defender
tap : Add Green for each creature you control with defender.

"Our enemy is nothing less than the end of all life. We shall not want for allies."
—*The War Diaries*

0/4

Illustrated by: Franz Vohwinkel

Legality

Legal in: Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Not legal in: Standard, Pioneer, Future Standard, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Standard Brawl

Ruling (1)

2017-11-17 Overgrown Battlement's last ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to (such as by removing creatures with defender you control).

Prices

MTGO price: 0.002 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

Combos

72 combos, the most popular first:

Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers…: Overgrown Battlement + Staff of Domination
Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn…: Overgrown Battlement + Umbral Mantle
Infinite mana creatures you control can produce, Infinite untap of creatures you control…: Overgrown Battlement + Sword of the Paruns
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Concordant Crossroads + Overgrown Battlement + Temur Sabertooth
Infinite green mana: Overgrown Battlement + Singing Bell Strike
Infinite untap of permanents you control, Infinite creature LTB…: Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Emiel the Blessed + Overgrown Battlement
Infinite green mana: Overgrown Battlement + Ringing Strike Mastery
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Lightning Greaves + Monk Gyatso + Overgrown Battlement
Infinite creature ETB, Infinite creature LTB…: Overgrown Battlement + Temur Sabertooth + Thousand-Year Elixir
Infinite creature LTB, Infinite creature ETB…: Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Overgrown Battlement + Scryb Ranger

See all 72 on Commander Spellbook

Pauper In 93 of 1835 decks (5.1%), most in Balustrade Spy

Staple: main deck, 5% of decks (#118)

Share of decks

4.9%

▲ 1.1 vs previous 30 days

Weekly, last 90 days

Decks

97 main, 0 sideboard

Avg. copies

4.0

in the main deck

Win rate

57%

7 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype	Meta	Play it
Balustrade Spy	4.6%	99%
Walls Combo	0.5%	100%

Played together with

Card	Together	Lift
Saruli Caretaker	100%	20.3
Lead the Stampede	100%	10.0
Generous Ent	99%	7.4
Wall of Roots	98%	20.1
Winding Way	98%	9.0
Sagu Wildling // Roost Seek	93%	9.1
Balustrade Spy	90%	20.1
Dread Return	90%	18.8
Lotleth Giant	90%	18.8
Land Grant	90%	13.1

Best win rate

Deck	Record
Balustrade Spy Alban Zkw in the300	7-1 88%
Balustrade Spy Lukas Unbekandt in the300	6-2 75%
Balustrade Spy Enzo Guinat in the300	6-2 75%
Balustrade Spy Colin in the300	6-2 75%
Walls Combo Raphael Duchon-Doris in the300	6-2 75%
Balustrade Spy golfsapao in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Balustrade Spy John1111 in Pauper Challenge 32	5-2 71%
Balustrade Spy DEJAIR_LAMARCA in Pauper Challenge 32	4-2 67%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

Latest decks

Deck	Copies	Finish
Balustrade Spy lucotto, 31 Oct	4 main	#10 of 25 3-2
Balustrade Spy landthraben, 31 Oct	4 main	5-0
Balustrade Spy DEJAIR_LAMARCA, 30 Oct	4 main	#13 of 53 4-2
Balustrade Spy _Shikamaru_, 30 Oct	4 main	#19 of 53 3-3
Balustrade Spy Magmos, 30 Oct	4 main	#28 of 53 3-3
Balustrade Spy golfsapao, 29 Oct	4 main	#7 (top 8) of 51 5-2
Balustrade Spy Dr_dej96, 29 Oct	4 main	#16 of 51 4-2
Balustrade Spy Benoît Antoniotti, 29 Oct	4 main	#2 (top 8) of 16 3-1

Commander In 4 of 6520 decks (0.1%), most in Felothar the Steadfast

Share of decks

0.1%

= vs previous 30 days