Generous Ent
Creature — Treefolk
Reach
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Forestcycling 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $7.24
- EDHREC rank
- #4974
Generous Ent hits the table as a 5/5 reach that immediately cantrips a land into play — the floor is solid and the ceiling is a repeatable draw-and-ramp engine if you can keep attacking. The cost is seven mana, which means it lives or dies by how quickly your deck can get there, and Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists is the clearest reason to pay it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists incentivizes playing high-power creatures that generate value on attack, and Generous Ent delivers both — a land drop on entry and a card per combat step slot neatly into the fossil-hunting engine they build around big, impactful bodies.
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd cares deeply about Treefolk and lands entering the battlefield, so Generous Ent pulls double duty: it's a Treefolk that keeps feeding Fangorn's land-matters triggers every time it swings.
Venom, Deadly Devourer
Venom, Deadly Devourer wants large creatures it can sacrifice or grow with, and Generous Ent's 5/5 body plus self-sustaining card advantage makes it a reliable threat that doesn't leave the board empty-handed when it's removed.
Treebeard, Gracious Host
Treebeard, Gracious Host pumps every other Treefolk and gains life off creature spells, so Generous Ent arriving as a Treefolk that draws cards on attack turns every combat step into incremental advantage under Treebeard's umbrella.
The Cabbage Merchant
The Cabbage Merchant rewards flooding the board with cheap or value-dense permanents, and Generous Ent's land-fetching entry makes it a reasonable include when the deck needs a late-game threat that also keeps the resource engine humming.
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 |
Commander is the clear home for Generous Ent — seven mana is a real ask in faster formats, but in EDH the combination of a sizeable body, an immediate land drop, and a repeatable draw trigger on attack is exactly the kind of value engine that justifies the investment across a long game. In Pauper it's legal but competes against hyper-efficient commons, and a seven-drop without immediate board impact beyond a land is a tough sell in that environment. Legacy and Vintage are technically open but the card simply isn't fast enough to matter — those formats don't let you untap with a seven-mana creature often enough for its upside to matter. Generous Ent is a Commander card through and through, and its EDHREC numbers reflect that reality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
If seven mana is too steep, Timbermaw Larva and similar Treefolk bodies offer the creature type at a fraction of the cost, though they trade the draw trigger for pure aggression. Canopy Tactician or even Llanowar Elves effects can compensate for the ramp half, but nothing in the low-budget tier fully replicates the combination of land-on-entry plus attack-triggered card draw that Generous Ent provides — you're splitting the role across two cards rather than consolidating it.
Price Context
Current price
$7.24 mid tier
At $7.24, Generous Ent sits in the mid tier — meaningful enough to feel in a budget build, but justified in any deck that specifically wants the Treefolk type or the attack-triggered draw loop. It's a narrow enough card that demand is driven almost entirely by its synergy homes, so the price is unlikely to drift much unless one of those commanders spikes in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
- Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
- Venom, Deadly Devourer
- Treebeard, Gracious Host
- The Cabbage Merchant
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.