Elvish Aberration
Creature — Elf Mutant
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- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria Remastered
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #9930
Elvish Aberration taps for three green mana — the same output as Gilded Lotus, on a creature, for one more mana than most three-pip elves cost. The six-mana entry fee is real, but Umbral Mantle turns that tap ability into an infinite-mana engine, and Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood runs it in nearly half of all registered lists for exactly that reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Gilanra's draw trigger fires when you cast Elvish Aberration, and Alena converts the Aberration's power into red mana the same turn it enters — making it a key piece in the partner pair's tap-for-mana loops, especially alongside Umbral Mantle.
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists care about creature types, and Elvish Aberration's Elf subtype slots it into the deck's tribal scaffolding while pulling double duty as the biggest mana producer in most green Elf packages.
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 |
Elvish Aberration is a Commander card — full stop. The format's slower pace and 40-life cushion give it enough runway to land on turn five or six without falling hopelessly behind, and the combo ceiling with Umbral Mantle rewards singleton deckbuilders who can find it once. In Pauper it sees fringe play as a late-game mana sink in Elves, though it competes with cheaper options that come down earlier. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper but irrelevant in practice — six mana is several turns too slow for either format's threat density.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Umbral MantleElvish Aberration
Infinitely large creature until end of turn
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Elvish AberrationUmbral MantleLeyline of Abundance
Infinite green mana; Infinitely large creature until end of turn; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce
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Marvin, Murderous MimicPili-PalaElvish Aberration
Infinite colored mana
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Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Elvish Aberration is bulk — pick up a copy from any commons box and don't think twice about it. Given its combo role, that price isn't going anywhere meaningful.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Umbral Mantle
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
- Leyline of Abundance
- Necrotic Ooze
- Pili-Pala
- Experiment Kraj
- Gilder Bairn
- Marvin, Murderous Mimic
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.