Deepwood Tantiv
Creature — Beast
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, you gain 2 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #30900
Deepwood Tantiv is a five-mana 3/4 that replaces itself immediately — when it enters, you draw a card, and its forestwalk makes it unblockable against any green deck at the table. The rate is unexciting and the keyword is too situational to build around, which keeps it squarely in bulk territory.
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 |
Deepwood Tantiv sees essentially no play in any competitive format — Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but a five-mana vanilla-adjacent creature with a conditional evasion keyword has no path into those environments. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there the card competes against a deep pool of five-mana green creatures that do more. In green-heavy pods where forestwalk actually triggers, Deepwood Tantiv can sneak in chip damage, but that's a narrow and matchup-dependent upside that most Commander players won't build around.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Deepwood Tantiv is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not any market demand. That price is stable because there's no competitive pressure to drive it up, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.