Elder Pine of Jukai
Creature — Spirit
Whenever you cast a Spirit or Arcane spell, reveal the top three cards of your library. Put all land cards revealed this way into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
Soulshift 2 (When this creature dies, you may return target Spirit card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to your hand.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #17699
Elder Pine of Jukai puts up to three lands into play from the top of your library whenever a Spirit or Arcane spell is played — that's legitimate acceleration stapled to a 2/1 body for three mana. The catch is that the lands come in tapped, and the trigger requires you to build around it, so Elder Pine of Jukai earns its slot only in dedicated Spirit or Arcane shells.
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, Elder Pine of Jukai belongs exclusively in Spirit-tribal or Arcane-heavy builds, where recurring triggers can bury you in lands and enable explosive mid-game turns. Pauper is the other format worth noting — common-legal ramp at this ceiling is genuinely scarce, and a Spirit-synergy deck can fire the trigger multiple times per game. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; no competitive shell there wants a slow, conditional land-drop engine on a three-mana creature. Elder Pine of Jukai is a niche role-player, not a crossover staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Elder Pine of Jukai is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that's correct in exactly the right deck. There's no reason to expect the price to move; it fills too narrow a role to generate broad demand.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.