Bloom Tender is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Vivid —: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.
Complete guide
Bloom Tender is a powerhouse mana generator that rewards you for diversifying the colors of your board state. Unlike traditional mana dorks, its potential scales with your permanents, making it a staple in multicolored decks.
A Rainbow of Mana
Bloom Tender has a mana ability that checks the colors of every permanent you control, including itself. For every color present among your permanents (White, Blue, Black, Red, and Green), it adds one mana of that color to your mana pool. Because Bloom Tender is green, it will always add at least one green mana as long as it is on the battlefield and doesn't have its colors changed.
Calculating the Output
When you activate the ability, the game looks at your board. It asks five questions: Do you control a white permanent? A blue one? A black one? A red one? A green one? For every 'yes,' you get one mana of that specific color. A single multicolored permanent can satisfy multiple questions at once. However, you can never get more than one mana of a specific color from a single activation, even if you control ten green creatures.
Colorless is Not a Color
A common mistake is assuming colorless permanents or lands contribute to the ability. Lands are typically colorless, even if they produce colored mana. Bloom Tender cannot produce colorless mana, and it does not count artifacts or lands toward its total unless those permanents specifically have a color in their mana cost or a color indicator.
Strategic Timing
Since Bloom Tender's output depends on your board, play it early to establish your mana base, but wait to tap it until you have played your multicolored spells. It is a 'mana ability,' meaning it doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to once activated, providing you with immediate resources to cast high-cost spells.
Interaction examples
Llanowar ElvesIf you control Bloom Tender and Llanowar Elves, Bloom Tender is green and Llanowar Elves is green. When you tap Bloom Tender, it checks for colors. Since you control green permanents but no others, it adds only {G}. Having the extra elf does not result in extra mana because Bloom Tender only adds one mana per color found.
Birds of ParadiseBirds of Paradise is a green creature. Even though Birds of Paradise can tap to produce any color of mana, it is only a green permanent. In this scenario, Bloom Tender still only sees the color green among your permanents and will produce exactly {G}.
Even if Bloom Tender is the only permanent you control, it counts itself. Because it has green in its mana cost, it is a green permanent. Therefore, tapping Bloom Tender alone will always yield at least {G}.
Guide written with AI from the official text and rulings. Official English text prevails.
How it works : Bloom Tender
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
Lands are normally colorless permanents, even if they tap for mana of a certain color.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
Bloom Tender can't produce colorless mana, even if you control a colorless permanent.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
For each color (white, blue, black, red, and green), check to see if you control a permanent of that color. You can count the same permanent for multiple colors. For example, if you control a green enchantment and a white-black creature, Bloom Tender's ability produces
.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #4· Wizards of the Coast
Bloom Tender won't produce more than one mana of any particular color. At most, it will produce
.No other card is named in this ruling.
- #5· Wizards of the Coast
The colors are white, blue, black, red, and green. Colorless is not a color.
No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Bloom Tender + Freed from the Real
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Freed from the Real's second ability by paying , untapping Bloom Tender.
- 3Repeat.
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Emiel the Blessed + Bloom Tender
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Emiel by paying
, blinking Derevi. - 3When Derevi enters the battlefield, it triggers, untapping Bloom Tender
- 4Repeat.
Staff of Domination + Bloom Tender
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Staff of Domination's third ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Bloom Tender.
- 3Activate Staff of Domination's first ability by paying
, untapping it. - 4Repeat.
Bloom Tender + Pemmin's Aura
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Pemmin's Aura's first ability by paying , untapping Bloom Tender.
- 3Repeat.
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Bloom Tender + Delney, Streetwise Lookout
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Derevi by paying , putting it onto the battlefield from the command zone.
- 3Put Derevi into your graveyard due to the legend rule, and then choose to return Derevi to the command zone.
- 4Derevi's enters-the-battlefield ability triggers twice due to Delney.
- 5Resolve the first trigger, untapping Bloom Tender.
- 6Holding priority, activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 7Resolve the second Derevi trigger, untapping Bloom Tender.
- 8Repeat.
Deadeye Navigator + Derevi, Empyrial Tactician + Bloom Tender
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding .
- 2Activate Derevi's soulbond ability by paying , exiling Derevi and returning it to the battlefield.
- 3Deadeye Navigator and Derevi trigger.
- 4Resolve the Deadeye navigator trigger, pairing Deadeye Navigator with Derevi.
- 5Resolve the Derevi trigger, untapping Bloom Tender.
- 6Repeat.
Sword of the Paruns + Bloom Tender
- 1Activate Bloom Tender by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Sword of the Paruns by paying , untapping Bloom Tender.
- 3Repeat.
Marvin, Murderous Mimic + Pili-Pala + Bloom Tender
- 1Activate Marvin using Bloom Tender's ability by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Marvin using Pili-Pala's ability by paying
and untapping it, adding one mana of any color. - 3Repeat.
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