Elvish Lyrist
Creature — Elf
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, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target enchantment.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17721
Elvish Lyrist trades itself to destroy any enchantment — clean, instant-speed enchantment removal on a creature that pulls double duty as a green body before it dies. The one-mana cost keeps the floor high; the only real cost is that it's a single-use answer you have to protect until you need it.
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 Lyrist fills the slot of creature-based enchantment removal in green decks that want redundancy beyond Naturalize effects — it's especially relevant in elf-tribal shells where every green creature has incidental value. Legacy and Vintage have access to more efficient options at the same mana cost, so Elvish Lyrist sees almost no competitive play there. Pauper is its most honest home outside Commander: common-legal, one mana, and enchantment removal is genuinely scarce at that price point.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Elvish Lyrist isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. It's a low-demand utility creature with multiple printings, which historically keeps cards like this cheap — expect to find it well under a dollar.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.