Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid
: Add 
. When you spend this mana to cast a spell with mana value 6 or greater, draw a card.
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #8271
Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood is a two-mana mana dork that taps for green and staples a draw trigger onto every spell with CMC 6 or greater you cast — in any deck built around expensive spells, that's a card-draw engine dressed up as a ramp piece. The cost is that it's a 1/2 with no protection, so it dies to any stiff breeze, and the payoff only triggers once per turn; pair it with Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty and the cascade triggers alone make the card-draw feel almost incidental.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty
Imoti, Celebrant of Bounty cascades every spell with CMC 6 or more, which means every spell Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood triggers on also triggers cascade — the two cards are mechanically reading off the same condition, so Gilanra is practically mandatory in Imoti builds, showing up in over 37% of them.
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss cares specifically about creatures whose mana abilities tap for two or more mana, and Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood produces only one green on its own — so the fit is tighter than it looks at first. Raggadragga pumps creatures that meet the threshold, making Gilanra a support piece for the card-draw text rather than a direct beneficiary of the commander's pump, but the Mana dork density those decks want is high enough that Gilanra earns a slot anyway.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood is a Commander card through and through — its draw trigger requires a critical mass of expensive spells to matter, which only 100-card singleton formats reliably produce. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with mana acceleration so far superior that it would never see play. Commander is where it lives, specifically in big-spell Simic or Sultai builds where every turn-six-plus spell netting a card compounds advantage fast enough to matter. Oathbreaker could support it in a high-CMC shell, but the 20-life clock makes the payoff tighter and the window shorter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood is bulk — pick up a copy without thinking about it. Bulk rares with genuine mechanical payoff in Commander rarely climb unless a high-profile deck list goes viral, so don't expect appreciation, but at this price the card is simply free.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.