Elvish Eulogist
Creature — Elf Shaman
Sacrifice this creature: You gain 1 life for each Elf card in your graveyard.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Elves vs. Goblins
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #20792
Elvish Eulogist is a one-mana 1/1 that converts dead Elves into life points — the floor is negligible, but in any deck stacking Elf tokens it becomes a surprising life buffer against aggressive tables. The cost is real: it does nothing proactive, so it only earns a slot where Elf death is constant and the life gain closes a meaningful gap.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Elvish Eulogist is a fringe inclusion in Elf tribal decks that want redundant fodder effects or life gain payoffs — Lathril, Blade of the Elves and similar token-flood strategies are where it fits most naturally. In Pauper it's legal but sees no meaningful play; the format's Elf strategies want density of mana producers and lords, not a one-shot life spike. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — Elvish Eulogist is simply too narrow for formats where Elves are either combo engines or not present at all. It's a Commander-only consideration, and even there only in the right tribal shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Elvish Eulogist is deep bulk — you'll find it in a commons box before you'd pay retail. Demand is too narrow to push the price higher, so it's stable at the floor.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.