Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant
Legendary Creature — Human
Haste
Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, untap target creature, then investigate. (Create a colorless Clue artifact token with "
, Sacrifice this artifact: Draw a card.")
Partner—Friends forever (You can have two commanders if both have this ability.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #12513
Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant puts a repeatable clue-making engine on board — every creature you cast while it's in play generates card advantage without spending a card slot on the draw. The cost is a two-card commitment to a creature that does nothing the turn it enters, which makes it a liability against aggressive tables but a legitimate value engine anywhere the game slows down; Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra decks lean on exactly this kind of clue-generation loop, which explains why Elmar shows up in nearly 30% of them.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra wants to sacrifice clues to trigger Vastra's investigate payoffs, and Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant turns every creature cast into a free clue — the two pieces together mean a single creature-heavy turn can bury opponents in card draw and sacrifice fodder simultaneously.
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 |
Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant is built for Commander, where a five-mana 3/3 with no immediate board impact is acceptable because the game is long enough to recoup the tempo loss through incremental card advantage. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, the rate is nowhere near competitive — five mana for a vanilla body plus a conditional draw trigger doesn't move the needle in formats where games end on turn two or three. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Elmar could see real play, since the lower starting life totals still allow for longer midrange games where clue-generation compounds. Treat Elmar as a Commander-first card with theoretical legality elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Elmar, Ulvenwald Informant is firmly bulk — pick it up in any trade binder or throw it in a cart without thinking. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless a new commander releases that turbocharges the archetype, so don't expect appreciation, but at this price you're buying a real effect for essentially nothing.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Jenny Flint // Madame Vastra
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.