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Elven Chorus

Enchantment

You may look at the top card of your library any time.
You may cast creature spells from the top of your library.
Creatures you control have "{T}: Add one mana of any color."

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Price
$9.06
EDHREC rank
#1324
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Elven Chorus card art
Elven Chorus turns every elf you control into a mana producer and lets you cast creatures off the top of your library — on a four-mana enchantment that snowballs immediately if your board already has elves on it. Pair it with Aggravated Assault for infinite combat steps or slot it under Tyvar the Bellicose to convert that mana into a game-ending creature chain.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tyvar the Bellicose

Tyvar the Bellicose

47.7% of decks · synergy 0.43

Tyvar the Bellicose lets elves tap for mana the turn they enter, which means Elven Chorus doesn't just accelerate your curve — it turns every creature you cast off the top into immediate fuel for the next one, creating a self-feeding chain that ends games.

02
Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Galadriel, Light of Valinor

39.8% of decks · synergy 0.35

Galadriel, Light of Valinor cares about the elf type throughout the Lord of the Rings synergy package, and Elven Chorus slots in as both an accelerant and a card-advantage engine that keeps the elf chain moving without spending cards from hand.

03
Kellan, the Kid

Kellan, the Kid

38.7% of decks · synergy 0.34

Kellan, the Kid rewards you for casting spells in a wide variety of ways, and Elven Chorus functions as a persistent spell-cast trigger factory — every creature played off the top is a cast, not a cheat, so Kellan's bonuses fire repeatedly.

04
Galadriel, Elven-Queen

Galadriel, Elven-Queen

32.6% of decks · synergy 0.30

Galadriel, Elven-Queen cares deeply about having elves in play and running an elf-dense list, making Elven Chorus a natural inclusion that both accelerates development and ensures the top of the deck contributes to the battlefield rather than sitting idle.

05
Elrond, Master of Healing

Elrond, Master of Healing

31.0% of decks · synergy 0.28

Elrond, Master of Healing triggers off the Ring tempting you and off creatures entering, and Elven Chorus feeds both lines by generating the mana to chain elves through the turn while putting creatures directly onto the battlefield from the top of the library.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Elven Chorus lives — elf tribal is one of the format's deepest archetypes, and a four-mana enchantment that scales with board presence fits comfortably in a 100-card singleton shell that can afford the setup cost. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal, but it's far too slow for those formats: four mana for a do-nothing-until-next-turn enchantment doesn't compete where games end on turn one or two. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card variant worth mentioning — elf-based Oathbreaker shells can exploit Elven Chorus the same way Commander does, and the 20-life starting total makes the snowball faster. Standard and Pioneer don't have it, and Pauper can't play it, so Commander and its close relatives are the card's entire competitive universe.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds does the mana-generation half at a lower price point and adds a card draw trigger, though she's a creature and therefore easier to remove than Elven Chorus as an enchantment. Elvish Guidance is the closest pure budget replacement — it turns a Forest into a mana-producing engine tied to elf count — but it lacks the cast-from-top ability that makes Elven Chorus genuinely dangerous rather than merely efficient.

Price Context

Current price

$9.06 mid tier

At $9.06, Elven Chorus sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a real purchase, cheap enough that elf tribal decks should just run it rather than hunt for substitutes. Given its near-50% inclusion rate in Tyvar the Bellicose decks and strong numbers across multiple elf commanders, the price reflects real demand and is unlikely to collapse.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.