Garruk Wildspeaker
Legendary Planeswalker — Garruk
+1: Untap two target lands.
−1: Create a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
−4: Creatures you control get +3/+3 and gain trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $5.67
- EDHREC rank
- #5593
Garruk Wildspeaker untaps two lands the turn he enters, effectively costing two mana for a four-mana planeswalker — that math is hard to beat. Outside of Carth the Lion decks where his loyalty counters compound into something broken, he earns his slot in any green shell that wants a mana engine that also threatens an emblem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Carth the Lion
Carth the Lion enters every Garruk Wildspeaker at one loyalty higher and reloads a new one whenever any planeswalker you control dies, which turns Garruk's untap ability into a repeatable mana engine that snowballs faster than opponents can answer it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Garruk Wildspeaker does his best work — the format's slower pace gives him time to tick up, and green's density of big permanents makes the overrun ultimate a realistic threat rather than a fantasy. In Legacy and Vintage he's legal but rarely played; four mana for a planeswalker that doesn't immediately impact the board is a liability in formats where the game is often decided by turn three. Modern sees the same problem, and he's been largely outpaced by more efficient threats even in midrange shells. Oathbreaker is a sweet spot if you want him as a signature spell target, since the untap ability functions as near-free ramp every time you cast him.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If Garruk Wildspeaker is out of budget, Nissa, Vital Force hits a similar note — five mana, immediate untap on a land, and an emblem that generates card advantage instead of an overrun, usually available under two dollars. Garruk's Packleader trades the mana acceleration for a draw engine stapled to creature deployment, which won't replace the ramp half but covers the card-advantage role at essentially bulk price.
Price Context
Current price
$5.67 mid tier
At $5.67, Garruk Wildspeaker sits in the mid tier — not an impulse buy, but not a budget obstacle either. Multiple printings have kept the price accessible, and it's unlikely to spike without a new planeswalker-synergy commander pushing demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.