Dryad Greenseeker
Creature — Dryad
: Look at the top card of your library. If it's a land card, you may reveal it and put it into your hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #16791
Dryad Greenseeker turns every land drop into a free scry-and-draw on a 1/3 body — the effect is real, but the cost is a three-mana 1/3 that does nothing the turn it enters. In Borborygmos Enraged specifically, where you need a critical mass of lands in hand to close games, that sustained card filtering earns its slot; everywhere else, it's outclassed by faster options.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Borborygmos Enraged
Borborygmos Enraged wins by pitching lands from hand as Lightning Bolts, so refilling that hand is the whole game — Dryad Greenseeker converts each land drop into another potential piece of ammunition, keeping the engine running through the mid-game.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dryad Greenseeker occupies a narrow niche: land-matters and Gruul stompy decks that want incremental value over multiple turns can use it, but most green Commander decks have access to more efficient draw and ramp that make the slot feel soft. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, a three-mana 1/3 that doesn't affect the board and only generates value on your land drops is far too slow to see play. Pioneer is the same story — green has better options at every point on the curve. Dryad Greenseeker is a Commander card in practice, and even there it belongs in a specific subset of decks rather than as a generic green inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Dryad Greenseeker is deep bulk — you'll likely pull it from a common box rather than buy it. The price reflects its narrow appeal; it's not a card that's likely to spike outside a sudden Commander trend around land-pitching strategies.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Borborygmos Enraged
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.