Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise
Creature — Elf Druid // Land
When this creature enters, you may sacrifice another creature. If you do, you gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $1.67
- EDHREC rank
- #507
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise lands as a creature that stockpiles +1/+1 counters from your green spells, then flips into an enchantment that converts those counters into explosive mana — the kind of payoff that makes Body of Research look tame and gives Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis decks another way to snowball a board out of nowhere. The cost is that both halves demand a critical mass of green permanents to fire, so it underperforms in decks that aren't already all-in on green creature density.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis is the premier home — Hogaak's self-mill and token generation bury creatures in the yard and flood the board fast, giving Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise exactly the green creature density it needs to accumulate counters and flip into a mana engine that can recast Hogaak repeatedly in a single turn.
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld attacks to produce mana and rewards stacking power on creatures, so Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise slots in as both a growing threat and a mid-game accelerant that converts Radha's aggro gameplan into a late-game mana advantage.
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Etali, Primal Conqueror needs to attack early and often, and the mana Garden of Freyalise generates can single-handedly cover Etali's nine-mana cost — Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise earns its slot as one of the most efficient ways to hardcast the dinosaur without a dedicated ramp suite.
Betor, Ancestor's Voice
Betor, Ancestor's Voice cares about entering creatures and building a wide board, which naturally accumulates the counters that power Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise — the flip side then funnels that creature density into mana that lets Betor keep the chain going.
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher rewards green-heavy creature builds and benefits from explosive mana to dump multiple threats in a turn, making Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise a strong two-in-one: a scaling body while Toph is developing the board, then a mana engine once the position is established.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the clear home for Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise — the 100-card singleton format gives you the room to build around green creature density, and the longer games give both halves time to pay off, especially in token and graveyard strategies where the counter accumulation happens almost for free. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; those formats move too fast for a three-mana creature that needs setup before the land side does anything, and neither format has a reason to run it over faster engines. Modern is legal in principle but similarly inhospitable — a three-mana do-nothing-until-it-flips MDFC doesn't meet the bar in a format where four mana wins games outright. Oathbreaker is the one 60-card-adjacent format where it could see fringe play in a green stompy shell, but the card truly lives in Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of FreyaliseBody of Research
Infinite card draw; Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite lifegain
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Current price
$1.67 cheap tier
At $1.67, Disciple of Freyalise // Garden of Freyalise sits in the budget-staple tier — cheap enough to include without deliberation in any eligible deck. Cards with this kind of synergy ceiling and low supply floor tend to drift upward as the format discovers them, but at current pricing it's simply an easy pickup.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Body of Research
- Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis
- Radha, Heir to Keld
- Etali, Primal Conqueror
- Betor, Ancestor's Voice
- Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.