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Arbor Adherent

Creature — Dog Druid

{T}: Add one mana of any color.
{T}: Add X mana of any one color, where X is the greatest toughness among other creatures you control.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$2.81
EDHREC rank
#3358
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Arbor Adherent card art
Arbor Adherent enters with a Forest and taps for three green mana, which is the kind of on-board ramp that snowballs a game before opponents can answer it. The combo ceiling is real — pair it with Staff of Domination and enough power on board and you're drawing your deck — but Felothar the Steadfast is the reason this card is everywhere right now.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Felothar the Steadfast

Felothar the Steadfast

85.9% of decks · synergy 0.69

Felothar the Steadfast cares about creatures with three or more power, and Arbor Adherent's 3/3 body slots directly into that payoff structure while the land and mana production accelerate the engine on the same turn it enters.

02
Betor, Kin to All

Betor, Kin to All

62.7% of decks · synergy 0.46

Betor, Kin to All rewards creatures that share types or stats, and Arbor Adherent's combination of a relevant power threshold and a Forest-fetching ETB gives Betor, Kin to All both a trigger target and the acceleration to deploy more threats immediately.

03
The Pride of Hull Clade

The Pride of Hull Clade

44.2% of decks · synergy 0.43

The Pride of Hull Clade scales with high-power creatures, so Arbor Adherent's 3/3 stat line contributes to the damage math while the three-mana tap ability feeds the large-mana turns The Pride of Hull Clade needs to close games.

04
Doran, Besieged by Time

Doran, Besieged by Time

54.8% of decks · synergy 0.38

Doran, Besieged by Time cares about toughness as a damage source, and Arbor Adherent's 3/3 frame punches at 3 in that system — modest on its own, but the land and mana generation give Doran, Besieged by Time the acceleration to flood the board with more toughness-relevant bodies.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Arbor Adherent is a Commander card — full stop. The effect is too slow and the body too modest to compete in Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but never worth a slot. In Commander it's a genuine role-player: three-mana ramp that also fixes and provides a combo-relevant tap ability is exactly what green midrange and big-mana decks want. The format's slower clock and multiplayer threat density give Arbor Adherent time to generate the value its cost demands, and the Staff of Domination line gives it a ceiling most ramp creatures never approach.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1,598 decks
Staff of DominationArbor Adherent

Staff of DominationArbor Adherent

Infinite colored mana; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite card draw; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite draw triggers; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

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Temur SabertoothHyrax Tower ScoutArbor Adherent

Temur SabertoothHyrax Tower ScoutArbor Adherent

Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite storm count; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite blinking; Infinite blinking of some creatures; Infinite colored mana

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Price Context

Current price

$2.81 cheap tier

At $2.81, Arbor Adherent sits in the cheap-but-not-bulk tier — reasonable for a card with an 85% inclusion rate in its best deck and a live combo finish. It's priced like a role-player rather than a staple, which means it's a clean pickup for anyone building Felothar the Steadfast or any green deck that wants three-mana ramp with upside.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.