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Bramblewood Paragon

Creature — Elf Warrior

Each other Warrior creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1 counter on it.
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has trample.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Champs and States
Price
$44.83
EDHREC rank
#6774
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Bramblewood Paragon card art
Bramblewood Paragon enters and immediately puts a +1/+1 counter on every Warrior you control, then keeps paying dividends by giving each new Warrior trample — two lines of text that make Scuzzback Marauders and any other Warrior entering after it considerably more threatening. In Voja, Jaws of the Conclave decks especially, where the board fills with Wolves and Elves that incidentally trigger counters-matter payoffs, Paragon is a two-mana engine piece that punches well above its casting cost.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

34.7% of decks · synergy 0.33

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave cares about having Elves and Wolves in play to stack +1/+1 counters and draw cards, and Bramblewood Paragon is an Elf that both arrives with synergy baked in and ensures every subsequent Warrior enters ready to trample through blockers — 34% of Voja lists already run it for exactly this reason.

02
Tyvar the Bellicose

Tyvar the Bellicose

17.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Tyvar the Bellicose wants Elves swinging and generating mana, and Bramblewood Paragon feeds that plan by making any Warrior Elves in the mix immediately more dangerous — the trample grant is especially relevant when Tyvar is pushing for combat damage to trigger his abilities.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Bramblewood Paragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its real home is Commander. In Modern and Legacy the tribal Warrior payoff is too narrow — there's no competitive Warrior shell built around counter accumulation, and a 2/2 for two that does nothing the turn it enters in a non-tribal context is simply too slow. Commander is where Bramblewood Paragon earns its slot: the 100-card singleton format rewards redundant counter-appliers and tribal synergies over multiple turns, and the card scales directly with how many Warriors hit the board after it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If Bramblewood Paragon is out of reach, Metallic Mimic covers the counter-on-entry half of the effect for under a dollar — you lose the trample grant, but every Warrior still enters bigger. Ior Ruin Expedition and similar cheap anthem effects won't replicate the trample clause precisely, so if trample is the point, Primal Rage or Thunderfoot Baloth give the keyword to your whole board for a fraction of the price, albeit without the Warrior-specific counter trigger.

Price Context

Current price

$44.83 premium tier

At $44.83, Bramblewood Paragon sits firmly in premium territory — a price driven almost entirely by demand from Voja, Jaws of the Conclave decks rather than any scarcity spike. It holds value as long as Voja remains a popular commander, but at this price point you should be certain Warriors are your tribe before buying in.

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