Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
Legendary Creature — Elf Warrior
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Other Elf creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever Dwynen attacks, you gain 1 life for each attacking Elf you control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2680
Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen puts a 3/3 reach body on the board and drains life equal to the number of Elves you attack with — that's a clock and a life buffer stapled to a single card. The cost is a five-mana legendary that does nothing the turn it enters, so she lives or dies by how many Elves are already on the battlefield when she swings; in Lathril, Blade of the Elves decks that's usually enough to make her worth every mana.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves wants the biggest attacking Elf mob possible, and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen's combat trigger drains opponents while simultaneously padding your life total — the two abilities compound each other every time the team swings.
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader pumps the whole team into lethal territory, and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen's life drain scales directly with that wide board, making each overrun attack drain for a meaningful chunk before damage even resolves.
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury builds a token-heavy Elf board that needs combat payoffs, and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen turns every swarm attack into incremental life advantage that keeps the strategy resilient through board wipes.
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar cares about raw Elf count in the graveyard and on the battlefield, and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen contributes both a body to that count and a combat trigger that rewards going wide — the two commanders want the exact same critical mass.
Marwyn, the Nurturer
Marwyn, the Nurturer spends mana to play Elves and tap for more, and Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen converts that assembled board into a damage-and-drain finisher once the mana engine is live.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen actually belongs — tribal synergies scale with the 99-card format's redundancy, and the life drain is meaningful against three opponents simultaneously. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a five-mana legendary with no enters-the-battlefield effect simply doesn't clear the bar; Elf tribal there ends games by turn three or four and doesn't need a top-end drain engine. Legacy has the same problem compounded by the format's explosive speed. Standard legality is technically correct but unlikely to be relevant given the card's narrow tribal focus and slow rate. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where she fits naturally, slotting in as a signature spell target or board presence in a green Elf shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen doesn't have current price data available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the live number. Given her narrow tribal application and legendary status that limits copies per deck, she tends to sit in bulk-rare territory — easy to pick up without much deliberation.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.