Elephant Resurgence
Sorcery
Each player creates a green Elephant creature token. Those creatures have "This token's power and toughness are each equal to the number of creature cards in its controller's graveyard."
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #26394
Elephant Resurgence puts a board of green elephants into play immediately — each one sized by the number of green cards in its controller's graveyard — but it hands your opponents the same deal, which means the card is only worth running when you're confident your graveyard is bigger. It's a sorcery-speed gamble that rewards self-mill and punishes symmetry blindness.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Elephant Resurgence is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but realistically only Commander gives it room to breathe. In Commander, the multiplayer table makes the symmetry even more dangerous — you're potentially arming three opponents — so it earns a slot only in dedicated green self-mill builds where your graveyard count is reliably dominant. Legacy and Vintage have faster, cleaner threats that make Elephant Resurgence irrelevant competitively. Oathbreaker's smaller deck size and faster pace work against a card this reliant on graveyard accumulation.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Elephant Resurgence is deep bulk — the price reflects how narrow it is, not hidden demand waiting to spike. It holds that floor comfortably; there's no crossover appeal to push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.