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Galadriel of Lothlórien

Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Whenever the Ring tempts you, if you chose a creature other than Galadriel as your Ring-bearer, scry 3.
Whenever you scry, you may reveal the top card of your library. If a land card is revealed this way, put it onto the battlefield tapped.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{G}{U}
Color identity
GU
Rarity
rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7024
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Galadriel of Lothlórien card art
Galadriel of Lothlórien puts a scry-and-draw engine on the board the moment lands enter tapped — a repeatable effect that snowballs fast in any deck running fetchlands or Retreat to Coralhelm. The cost is a three-mana creature with no built-in protection, which makes her a removal magnet in the same shells where Elrond, Master of Healing wants her most.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Elrond, Master of Healing

Elrond, Master of Healing

77.0% of decks · synergy 0.75

Elrond, Master of Healing is the natural home — his triggered ability fires on every scry, turning each land drop Galadriel of Lothlórien rewards into both a scry and a life payment that fuels further value.

02
Galadriel, Elven-Queen

Galadriel, Elven-Queen

47.4% of decks · synergy 0.46

Galadriel, Elven-Queen leans on card selection to set up her Ring-tempting lines, and Galadriel of Lothlórien provides exactly that: tapped-land triggers convert ramp spells into incremental scry, keeping the top of the library clean every turn.

03
Galadriel, Light of Valinor

Galadriel, Light of Valinor

25.4% of decks · synergy 0.24

Galadriel, Light of Valinor wants a critical mass of Elf bodies, and Galadriel of Lothlórien slots in as a value piece that pays for itself whenever a tapped land resolves — common in the mana-rock-heavy builds that power out the commander early.

04
Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

14.4% of decks · synergy 0.13

Kenessos, Priest of Thassa lives and dies on topdeck manipulation, so Galadriel of Lothlórien's consistent scry triggers let the deck stack a Merfolk or sea creature on top before the commander's combat trigger fires.

05
Aragorn, the Uniter

Aragorn, the Uniter

18.0% of decks · synergy 0.12

Aragorn, the Uniter triggers off casting Human spells, but the four-color mana base typically runs several tapped lands that keep Galadriel of Lothlórien active while also supplying the scry Aragorn's sequencing demands.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Galadriel of Lothlórien is built to live — a 99-card format that routinely runs fetchlands, signets, and tapped dual lands means her trigger fires multiple times per turn cycle without any dedicated support. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but effectively invisible; three mana for a passive scry engine doesn't compete with the interaction density of those formats. Modern is similarly hostile: the card is legal, but creature-based value engines at three mana face a removal suite that answers them before they generate a second trigger. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if the signature spell supports a scry or land-matters theme, though the compressed game length cuts into how many triggers she accumulates.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

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Price data for Galadriel of Lothlórien isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given her inclusion across multiple Tolkien-themed Commander builds and a narrow competitive footprint, she tends to sit in the bulk-rare-to-mid-range band — worth picking up if you're building any of the Elrond or Galadriel commanders where she's a near-auto-include.

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