Elvish Champion
Creature — Elf
Other Elf creatures get +1/+1 and have forestwalk. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3061
Elvish Champion hands your entire board forestwalk and a +1/+1 anthem, turning a stalled board state into an unblockable alpha strike the moment an opponent runs green. At three mana with immediate impact, it earns its slot in any Elf deck — Ezuri, Renegade Leader lists include it at over 60% for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader attacks with an army that's already getting a power boost from his overrun ability, and Elvish Champion adds a second anthem layer while making that same army unblockable against any green opponent at the table — which, in most metas, is at least one person.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves wants every Elf to connect, since combat damage triggers her token generation and drain ability; Elvish Champion's forestwalk turns that conditional into a near-certainty against the green decks that dominate Commander tables.
Marwyn, the Nurturer
Marwyn, the Nurturer builds toward a storm-style mana explosion and often wins by jamming the whole board sideways in one turn — Elvish Champion makes that final swing unblockable for any opponent playing Forests, closing games that would otherwise stall.
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury floods the board with Elf tokens and creature-based ramp, and Elvish Champion converts that wide board into a lethal attack the turn it lands against any green player who thought their blockers were safe.
Tyvar the Bellicose
Tyvar the Bellicose rewards aggressive Elf attacks with mana generation, so making those attacks unblockable via Elvish Champion's forestwalk is a direct multiplier on the engine — more creatures connect, more mana flows, more Elves get cast.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Elvish Champion earns its keep — green is the most popular color in the format, which means forestwalk is live against at least one opponent in nearly every game. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but sees essentially no play; three mana for a lord that requires opponents to be green is too conditional against the format's threat density. Modern is the same story — Elf tribal exists there, but Elvish Champion competes with cheaper, more universally impactful lords and rarely makes the cut. Oathbreaker gives it the same Commander-style multi-opponent environment where the forestwalk clause is consistently relevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Elvish Champion isn't currently available, but it has been reprinted multiple times and typically sits in the budget-to-mid range — worth checking Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings before you buy. Given its narrow tribal home, the price tends to stay accessible, making it an easy include for Elf players who don't already own a copy.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.