Galadhrim Guide
Creature — Elf Scout
When this creature enters, scry 2.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #16395
Galadhrim Guide puts a land directly onto the battlefield tapped — that's real acceleration, not a cantrip — and in Elrond, Master of Healing decks it also triggers scry or life-gain payoffs just by existing as a creature with a landfall-adjacent effect. The three-mana cost is the ceiling on its ambition; outside dedicated synergy shells, it's outclassed by cheaper ramp.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Elrond, Master of Healing
Elrond, Master of Healing's engine rewards you for playing cards that do multiple things at once, and Galadhrim Guide delivers a body plus a land drop in one card — both halves feeding Elrond's scry-and-life triggers while advancing your mana development.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Galadhrim Guide is a Commander card through and through — the singleton format is where a three-mana 2/3 that fetches a basic land onto the battlefield can justify its slot, especially in creature-based ramp strategies that want bodies alongside their acceleration. In Pauper, common-legal ramp exists at lower mana costs and with fewer strings attached, so Galadhrim Guide doesn't crack most lists. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats demand efficiency that a three-mana do-nothing-on-its-own creature simply can't provide. Stick to Commander if you're sleeving this up.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Galadhrim Guide sits firmly in bulk territory — you're not paying a premium for power, you're paying for a niche role-player. Bulk ramp creatures rarely appreciate unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so treat this as a functional pickup, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Elrond, Master of Healing
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.