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Faeburrow Elder

Creature — Treefolk Druid

Vigilance
This creature gets +1/+1 for each color among permanents you control.
{T}: For each color among permanents you control, add one mana of that color.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{W}
Color identity
GW
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#519
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Faeburrow Elder card art
Faeburrow Elder taps for one mana per color among permanents you control — in any multicolor commander deck, that's two or three mana on turn three and five or more once the board develops. Derevi, Empyrial Tactician can untap it for free, and Doran, the Siege Tower runs it as both a mana engine and a 3/3 body that swings for real damage.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Doran, the Siege Tower

Doran, the Siege Tower

58.1% of decks · synergy 0.44

Faeburrow Elder pulls double duty in Doran, the Siege Tower decks: it covers the three-color mana base and attacks as a 3/3 under Doran's static ability, making it both ramp and a threat in the same slot.

02
Kirri, Talented Sprout

Kirri, Talented Sprout

45.9% of decks · synergy 0.43

Kirri, Talented Sprout is a five-color Elf commander, and Faeburrow Elder is an Elf that can tap for all five colors once Kirri and a few other permanents are in play — it's one of the best single ramp pieces the deck can run.

03
Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

59.9% of decks · synergy 0.40

Faeburrow Elder is a legendary creature, which means Sisay, Weatherlight Captain can tutor it directly into play; once it lands alongside a multicolor Sisay board, it routinely produces four or five mana per tap.

04
Felothar the Steadfast

Felothar the Steadfast

51.0% of decks · synergy 0.37

Felothar the Steadfast builds wide boards of multicolor creatures, and Faeburrow Elder scales directly with that density — more colors represented means more mana, often hitting the ceiling of five by mid-game.

05
Ms. Bumbleflower

Ms. Bumbleflower

47.6% of decks · synergy 0.34

Ms. Bumbleflower's token strategy floods the board with creatures across multiple colors, and Faeburrow Elder turns that wide presence into a mana engine that can threaten explosive turns well ahead of curve.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Faeburrow Elder is genuinely powerful — multicolor permanents are the norm, not the exception, and the Elder routinely produces three or more mana in any two- or three-color deck by turn four. In five-color builds it can hit the full five-mana tap, which is among the highest mana yields on a three-drop creature in the format. In Modern and Pioneer, the Elder is legal but rarely competitive; those formats want cheaper ramp or don't build around multicolor permanents densely enough to make it consistent. Legacy and Vintage have more broken options at every point on the curve, so Faeburrow Elder doesn't see play there either. Oathbreaker functions close enough to Commander that the same logic applies — strong in multicolor, irrelevant elsewhere.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Faeburrow Elder is bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or toss into any multicolor build without a second thought. Given its combo presence and consistent Commander demand, it's underpriced for what it does, but price movement on bulk rares is unpredictable and not a reason to stock up.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.