Autumn Willow
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Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
: Until end of turn, Autumn Willow can be the target of spells and abilities controlled by target player as though it didn't have shroud.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $1.25
- EDHREC rank
- #28495
Autumn Willow is a 4/4 shroud creature that can temporarily lower its own shroud to accept auras or targeting effects you control — a genuinely unusual combination of protection and flexibility. At five mana in green, you're paying a fair rate for a resilient threat that laughs at most targeted removal.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Autumn Willow occupies a narrow role: a shroud beater that dodges most interaction while remaining useful in aura-based or Voltron strategies where self-targeting matters. Legacy and Vintage see no meaningful play for it — five-mana vanilla-adjacent creatures don't compete at those power levels, and shroud isn't a premium keyword when opponents are operating on entirely different axes. Autumn Willow is strictly a Commander card in practice, and even there it's a fringe inclusion rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.25 cheap tier
At $1.25, Autumn Willow sits at the low end of the rare market — cheap enough to pick up on a whim. The price reflects casual demand only; don't expect movement unless a breakout Commander strategy suddenly prizes activated-shroud creatures.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.