"Rites of Flourishing" is a green enchantment spell printed as a rare for the Magic the Gathering expansion set known as "Future Sight." This is one of the enchantments in Magic the Gathering that can either help you or hurt you at the end. Depending on what type of deck you want to build, you may want to use Rites of Flourishing or use something else. So far, there seems to be somewhat better alternatives for the most part.

The converted mana cost for Rites of Flourishing would be three. You are going to need one green mana and two colorless mana to play Rites of Flourishing. For what Rites of Flourishing can do, the casting cost seems to be worth it for the most part. Keep in mind that Rites of Flourishing is an enchantment spell. It means that Rites of Flourishing is susceptible to anything and everything that affects artifacts. In short, a spell such as "Disenchant" or "Naturalize" should send Rites of Flourishing to the graveyard.

What does Rites of Flourishing do in the first place?

In a sense, Rites of Flourishing does act like a "Howling Mine." When Howling Mine is on the battlefield, each player draws an additional card at the beginning of his/her draw step. In short, Howling Mine makes opponent's draw two cards. Rites of Flourishing allows all players to draw two cards during the draw phase. While this seems to be good for you, it is also bad. The thing is that you are not just giving yourself the card advantage. You are going are also giving the card advantage to all of your opponents. You do not want your opponents to have the card advantage.

However, Rites of Flourishing does seem to have potential in a team-oriented or two-headed giant match. If you want to be able to help your teammates out in a game, you would want to do whatever you can. Helping your teammates have a card advantage is one good way of doing so.

The other ability lets players play an additional land on each turn. In short, you and the other players can play two lands. But, this is a double-edged sword. Not only are you giving yourself mana acceleration, you risk giving your opponents mana acceleration. That is something you do not want to do for the most part.

One could say that Rites of Flourishing could go good in an extended match with the Landfall cards in the "Zendikar" expansion set. However, there are plenty of other players probably thinking the same thing. Rites of Flourishing could sting you in the long run if your opponents have Landfall cards like "Ob Nixilus, the Fallen," "Lotus Cobra," "Roil Elemental," and so forth.

Overall, Rites of Flourishing does seem to be great for the most part. However, you risk helping out your opponents. Instead of playing Rights of Flourishing, you can use alternatives such as "Azusa, Lost but Seeking," "Oracle of Mul Daya," or "Exploration."

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