Elvish Warmaster
Creature — Elf Warrior
Whenever one or more other Elves you control enter, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token. This ability triggers only once each turn.
: Elves you control get +2/+2 and gain deathtouch until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1698
Elvish Warmaster generates a 1/1 Elf token whenever you cast your second Elf spell each turn, then offers a mana sink to pump your whole board — two distinct engines on a two-mana body. In Elf-tribal Commander decks, and especially under Galadriel, Elven-Queen, it snowballs fast enough that opponents have to answer it or lose to the board state it creates.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen rewards flooding the board with Elves, and Elvish Warmaster turns every second Elf cast into a free body toward that critical mass — the synergy score of 0.9 makes it the single most associated card with the deck.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves needs ten Elves on board to close games, and Elvish Warmaster's token generation is one of the most efficient ways to pad that headcount while keeping the curve low.
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave triggers on every attacking Elf and Wolf, so Elvish Warmaster contributes both by adding tokens to the attack step and by threatening a board pump when Voja's counters make the team enormous.
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader's overrun ability scales directly with Elf count, and Elvish Warmaster is one of the few two-drops that generates additional bodies passively — more Elves means a more lethal Ezuri activation.
High Perfect Morcant
High Perfect Morcant cares about filling the board with creature tokens, and Elvish Warmaster's passive trigger feeds that gameplan every turn cycle without requiring any additional investment beyond casting your normal Elf suite.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Elvish Warmaster is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — the only major formats that exclude it are Standard and Pauper. In Commander it's a staple in any green Elf-tribal list, offering repeatable token generation and a late-game mana sink on a single two-mana card. In Modern and Pioneer, Elvish Warmaster slots into Elf aggro as a curve-topper that converts spell-dense turns into board presence, though dedicated combo builds often prefer engines with a lower ceiling on variance. Legacy Elves has access to faster enablers, so Elvish Warmaster competes for a slot rather than auto-including, but the pump ability remains a real threat in longer games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Current pricing data for Elvish Warmaster isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live market rate before buying. It has seen multiple printings, which typically keeps the floor accessible, but foil and showcase treatments carry a meaningful premium over the cheapest copy.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.