Elvish Ranger
Creature — Elf Ranger
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #19678
Elvish Ranger puts a 4/1 body on the board for four mana — reasonable stats, zero utility. The cost isn't the mana, it's the opportunity: nearly every green four-drop does more, which is why Elvish Ranger only shows up in decks where Jasmine Boreal of the Seven specifically rewards running vanilla creatures.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven is the reason Elvish Ranger sees any Commander play at all — Jasmine's ability to grant abilities to vanilla creatures turns a statline-only body into a threat that benefits from trample, reach, or whatever the deck layers on, making Elvish Ranger's raw 4/1 suddenly worth the slot.
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor rewards creatures with no abilities by pumping them and granting them trample, which means Elvish Ranger's otherwise wasted statline becomes a 5/2 trampler the moment Ruxa hits the board.
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 |
In Commander, Elvish Ranger is a narrow inclusion — it belongs almost exclusively in Jasmine Boreal of the Seven or Ruxa, Patient Professor builds that explicitly want vanilla creatures. In Legacy and Vintage, a 4/1 for four mana was never competitive and still isn't; green has had better four-drops for decades. Pauper is the only non-Commander format where bulk commons can occasionally find a home, but Elvish Ranger's complete lack of text keeps it off even budget Pauper lists. Modern and Pioneer never got it, and nothing in either format's environment would have made it matter anyway.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Elvish Ranger is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. It won't appreciate; the only decks that want it are niche Commander builds, and supply far exceeds that narrow interest.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.