Arboretum Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
Hexproof (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #22057
Arboretum Elemental lands as an 8/5 with shroud and trample for seven mana — or potentially free if you have enough creature cards in hand via convoke. The cost is the problem: even with a full board contributing, you're working hard to deploy a vanilla-ish threat that any Path to Exile answers at instant speed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arboretum Elemental is a Commander card in the loosest sense — the format's slower pace lets convoke setups actually come online, and go-wide token decks can occasionally land it for next to nothing. Outside Commander, it doesn't compete: Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy have no interest in an eight-mana 8/5 when their convoke payoffs are faster and more impactful. In Commander specifically, shroud and trample are real keywords, but seven-plus mana buys you Craterhoof Behemoth territory, and Arboretum Elemental doesn't close games the way those alternatives do.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Arboretum Elemental is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. That price reflects honest market demand, and there's no meaningful reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.