Elven Warhounds
Creature — Dog
Whenever this creature becomes blocked by a creature, put that creature on top of its owner's library.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.58
- EDHREC rank
- #20000
Elven Warhounds puts a must-answer threat on the board the turn it arrives — a 4/4 that deals damage equal to its power whenever it attacks, which snowballs fast with any pump effect. The cost is context: outside of General Marhault Elsdragon decks that actively want rampage triggers, a vanilla-adjacent beater at four mana rarely earns its slot in Commander.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
General Marhault Elsdragon
General Marhault Elsdragon has the same rampage 2 mechanic, so Elven Warhounds isn't just filler — it's a redundant engine piece that doubles the deck's density of blockers-matter triggers and scales up combat damage alongside the commander.
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 |
Elven Warhounds is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have long since left four-mana creatures with conditional upside behind. In Commander, the card's home is narrow: rampage-themed decks built around General Marhault Elsdragon are the primary reason to register it, since outside that niche, a 4/4 that rewards blocking doesn't match the pace or resilience the format demands. Oathbreaker is possible but faces the same problem — the effect is too slow and too dependent on opponent behavior to be reliably powerful.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.58 bulk tier
At $0.58, Elven Warhounds sits firmly in bulk territory, which matches its demand — this is a niche piece for one specific Commander archetype. Don't expect the price to move; the ceiling is defined by how many General Marhault Elsdragon decks exist, and that's a small number.
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Sources
Mentioned
- General Marhault Elsdragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.