Arwen's Gift
Sorcery
This spell costs 
less to cast if you control two or more legendary creatures.
Scry 2, then draw two cards.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #9523
Arwen's Gift puts a +1/+1 counter, lifelink, and reach onto a creature at instant speed — three meaningful keywords for one card, which is a strong rate in any life-gain or counters shell. Elrond, Master of Healing turns every one of those counters into a scry trigger, making this a combat trick that also filters your draws.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Elrond, Master of Healing
Elrond, Master of Healing scries whenever a creature you control gets a +1/+1 counter, so Arwen's Gift — dropping a counter at instant speed, mid-combat if needed — is a cheap way to trigger that engine while also keeping a blocker alive.
Galadriel of Lothlórien
Galadriel of Lothlórien cares about Elves gaining counters and rewards scrying, so Arwen's Gift fits cleanly as a tempo play that advances both the counter-accumulation and the card-filtering plan in one shot.
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen benefits from placing +1/+1 counters on her own creatures to grow her board presence, and Arwen's Gift provides an efficient, instant-speed way to do exactly that while adding lifelink as a bonus.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Arwen's Gift earns its slot — Elrond, Master of Healing and similar counter-synergy commanders make the single +1/+1 counter matter far beyond its face value, and the instant speed means it doubles as a combat trick. In Pauper, it's legal but faces stiff competition from pump spells that cost less and go wider. Legacy and Vintage don't have room for a three-mana sorcery-speed-adjacent effect regardless of the keyword density. Arwen's Gift is a Commander card through and through; everywhere else, it's just not efficient enough.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Arwen's Gift is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a casual staple without any budget consideration. Bulk rares and uncommons with narrow synergy rarely climb without a format breakout, and this one's ceiling is tied to Commander demand from LotR-themed builds.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Elrond, Master of Healing
- Galadriel of Lothlórien
- Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.