Elder of Laurels
Creature — Human Advisor
: Target creature gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #16092
Elder of Laurels turns any creature into a temporary giant — tap it to give target creature +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the number of creatures you control. The cost is that this effect is stapled to a 3/4 for four mana, which means you're paying real resources for an ability that Agatha of the Vile Cauldron can strip off and distribute for free.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron
Agatha of the Vile Cauldron exiles Elder of Laurels to put a +1/+1 counter on herself, then lets every creature with a counter copy the pump ability — turning a single-use tap outlet into a board-wide threat multiplier that scales with your creature count every combat.
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 |
Elder of Laurels is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play outside Commander. In Legacy and Vintage the card is simply too slow and too narrow — four mana for a tap ability doesn't compete with those formats' threat density. In Commander it earns its slot in exactly one context: Agatha of the Vile Cauldron, where the activated ability is the entire point and the body is irrelevant. Outside of Agatha, Elder of Laurels is a bulk rare with no meaningful home in any 60-card format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Elder of Laurels is deep bulk — a price that reflects near-zero demand outside a single commander niche. Copies are abundant and the price has nowhere meaningful to go, so there's no reason to pay above bulk rates for it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.