Elven Lyre
Artifact
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, Sacrifice this artifact: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.89
- EDHREC rank
- #30185
Elven Lyre lets you sacrifice an Elf to give a target creature +2/+2 and trample until end of turn — meaningful in the right combat, irrelevant most of the time. The activation cost of both tapping and sacrificing an Elf makes it a two-resource spend for a single-turn pump, and that math rarely works out.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Elven Lyre is a fringe include in Elf tribal decks that can flood the board and afford to spend a body on a surprise combat trick. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient Elf payoffs, so Elven Lyre doesn't compete there. Pauper is the format where it has the most theoretical relevance, since the card pool for pump effects is narrower and Elf synergies are real — but even there, the tap-plus-sacrifice cost is a steep ask for a non-permanent effect. Across every legal format, the verdict is the same: there are cleaner ways to push damage through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.89 bulk tier
At $0.89, Elven Lyre sits at the high end of bulk — more expensive than its power level justifies. It's not a card that holds value through demand, so don't expect the price to climb.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.