Devoted Druid
Creature — Elf Druid
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Put a -1/-1 counter on this creature: Untap this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.93
- EDHREC rank
- #1045
Devoted Druid produces infinite green mana with a single untap enabler — most famously Vizier of Remedies or Swift Reconfiguration — making it one of the most compact two-card combo pieces in the format. The cost is a 0/2 body with a built-in -1/-1 counter that kills it if you're not going off immediately, which means Auntie Ool, Cursewretch and similar counter-synergy commanders get double value, but in vacuum it's a glass cannon that dies to a stiff breeze.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch turns every -1/-1 counter Devoted Druid places on itself into fuel for her triggered ability, so each untap activation that would otherwise be a self-destruct mechanism is instead an engine trigger — the two cards are built for each other.
Tayam, Luminous Enigma
Tayam, Luminous Enigma counts each counter on the battlefield toward his activation cost, and Devoted Druid freely loads itself with -1/-1 counters to help pay for Tayam's repeatable recursion, pulling the deck forward on multiple axes at once.
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons creates a Snake token whenever a creature gets a -1/-1 counter, so every time Devoted Druid untaps itself it simultaneously populates the board — turning a mana-generation loop into a creature flood.
Myrkul, Lord of Bones
Myrkul, Lord of Bones rewards you for sending creatures to the graveyard with enchantment copies, and Devoted Druid's self-destructive untap ability makes it trivially easy to sacrifice to that payoff — or to recurse as an enchantment and reuse the counter synergy.
Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
Dionus, Elvish Archdruid cares about generating large quantities of green mana from Elves, and Devoted Druid's infinite-mana combo lines feed directly into the massive X-spell payoffs Dionus decks are built around.
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 |
In Commander, Devoted Druid is a staple combo piece — the Vizier of Remedies line is well-known enough that experienced tables will prioritize removing it early, so the real question is whether your list can protect it or find redundancy. In Modern and Legacy, it saw competitive play as the engine of Counters Company and similar toolbox shells, though its standing in those formats has fluctuated with the metagame. Pauper is where it quietly overperforms: at common, the same infinite-mana potential is available in a format with fewer answers, making it a genuine build-around. Vintage can run it but rarely bothers given the competition for two-drop slots.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Machine God's EffigyDevoted Druid
Infinite blue mana; Infinite green mana
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Tayam, Luminous EnigmaDevoted Druid
Infinite self-mill; Put a selection of permanant cards from your library and graveyard onto the battlefield
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Mikaeus, the UnhallowedDevoted Druid
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.93 bulk tier
At $0.93, Devoted Druid is firmly bulk despite being a legitimate infinite-mana combo piece in multiple formats — wide reprinting has kept the price floor low. It's an easy include that won't strain any budget, and there's no financial reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.