Harmonious Grovestrider

Creature — Beast

Ward {2} (Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays {2}.)
Harmonious Grovestrider's power and toughness are each equal to the number of lands you control.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Edge of Eternities
Price
$0.11
EDHREC rank
#15506
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Harmonious Grovestrider card art
Harmonious Grovestrider lands and immediately gives your entire creature base trample and haste — every creature, no setup required. Six mana is real, but getting that effect stapled to a 4/5 body that pays for itself the moment it resolves makes the cost defensible.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Commander is where Harmonious Grovestrider belongs — wide creature decks are endemic to the format, and few cards convert a board stall into a one-turn kill as efficiently. In Standard and Pioneer it competes in a faster environment where six mana demands a game-ending effect, which this can be in the right token shell. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the effect is powerful but the rate is nowhere near those formats' bars. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's conditions closely enough that the same token-go-wide commanders that want it there want it here too.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.11 bulk tier

At $0.11, Harmonious Grovestrider is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not prestige. The effect is strong enough that demand could nudge it out of bulk range if token strategies stay popular, but for now it's a free include for any creature deck with green.

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