Ferrafor, Young Yew
Legendary Creature — Treefolk Druid
When Ferrafor enters, create a number of 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens equal to the number of counters among creatures target player controls.
: Double the number of each kind of counter on target creature.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #9946
Ferrafor, Young Yew puts a repeatable sacrifice-and-recur engine on the board for three mana, and the payoff compounds fast in any deck that wants creatures dying on a schedule. The cost is real — it needs setup to break open — but Auntie Ool, Cursewretch builds have shown that Nim Deathmantle loops turn Ferrafor into a near-unstoppable value engine once the pieces are assembled.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch
Auntie Ool, Cursewretch is the primary home for Ferrafor, Young Yew, showing up in over 28% of Ool decks — Ool's triggered death synergies stack directly with Ferrafor's sacrifice outlet, generating drain and token loops that close games without needing combat.
The Reaper, King No More
The Reaper, King No More leans on mass sacrifice effects to fuel its triggered abilities, and Ferrafor, Young Yew provides a controlled, repeatable feed of creatures that keeps the engine running without burning through the hand.
Slimefoot, the Stowaway
Slimefoot, the Stowaway wants saprolings dying constantly for drain triggers, and Ferrafor, Young Yew acts as a dedicated sacrifice outlet that turns every token Slimefoot produces into incremental life loss for opponents.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ferrafor, Young Yew is a Commander card through and through — its value scales with the longer game and the density of synergy pieces that 100-card decks can assemble, and the 14,000-plus decks running it on EDHREC confirm that the player base has found the engine. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically on the table, but three-mana creatures with conditional payoffs don't compete in those formats. Oathbreaker offers a compressed version of the same Commander appeal, and sacrifice-focused Oathbreaker builds can use Ferrafor effectively in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Nim DeathmantleAshnod's AltarFerrafor, Young Yew
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Ferrafor, Young Yew is firmly bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or toss into any trade pile without a second thought. Bulk rares with genuine engine potential in Commander can creep up if a breakout deck pushes demand, but at current inclusion rates this one sits comfortably in the "grab it cheap now" tier.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.