Greatbow Doyen
Creature — Elf Archer
Other Archer creatures you control get +1/+1.
Whenever an Archer you control deals damage to a creature, that Archer deals that much damage to that creature's controller.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $4.27
- EDHREC rank
- #13695
Greatbow Doyen turns every Archer you control into a removal engine, pumping them +1/+1 and letting them ping a creature equal to their power whenever they deal damage. The catch is a five-mana 2/3 body that dies to a stiff breeze — you're paying for the anthem and the trigger, not the stats, and that's a fine trade in a dedicated Archer shell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Legolas, Master Archer
Legolas, Master Archer already wants to ping creatures at instant speed, and Greatbow Doyen stacks a free damage trigger on top of every hit — the two abilities chain so cleanly that Greatbow Doyen appears in nearly two-thirds of all Legolas builds.
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 |
Greatbow Doyen is a Commander card front to back — the Archer tribe is too narrow and too slow for Legacy or Vintage, where a five-mana do-nothing-the-turn-it-enters doesn't survive the rate check. In Commander it earns its slot exactly once: inside a dedicated Archer tribal deck, where the anthem and the damage trigger compound across a wide board. Outside that context, even in Commander, Greatbow Doyen is a blank — there's no generic goodstuff shell that wants it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.27 cheap tier
At $4.27, Greatbow Doyen sits at the top of the cheap tier — reasonable for a tribal enabler with a single viable home. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a new pushed Archer commander, so it's a safe pickup if you're building the deck now.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.