Foothill Guide
Creature — Human Cleric
Protection from Goblins
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #29555
Foothill Guide turns every Forest you control into a mana source that also lifts a creature out of your graveyard — the payoff is real, and it costs one white mana. The ceiling is highest alongside Yedora, Grave Gardener, where lands entering as Forest creature tokens create a self-sustaining recursion engine.
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, Foothill Guide earns a slot in any white-green deck that cares about land recursion, creature loops, or both — its passive is always on and doesn't ask for additional investment. Pauper is the other format where it sees legitimate consideration: one-mana creatures with persistent board text are scarce at common, and any life-gain or landfall synergy deck is a natural home. Legacy and Vintage have it on the legal list, but the effect doesn't clear the power bar those formats demand. Standard, Pioneer, and Modern are off the table entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Yedora, Grave GardenerPhyrexian AltarFoothill Guide
Infinite death triggers; Infinite green mana; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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MissyPhyrexian AltarFoothill Guide
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Foothill Guide is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a dollar bin without thinking twice. Bulk commons with narrow combo applications rarely spike, so don't expect the price to move unless a dedicated Yedora or landfall build breaks out on a large scale.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.