Ivy Dancer
Creature — Dryad Shaman
: Target creature gains forestwalk until end of turn. (It can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.30
- EDHREC rank
- #25040
Ivy Dancer taps to give a target creature forestwalk until end of turn — conditional evasion on demand, with no mana cost attached to the activation. A 1/1 for two mana that requires green forests on the other side of the table to matter is a liability in most games.
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 |
In Commander, Ivy Dancer is niche at best — forestwalk only punches through opponents running green, and you're betting on the table composition rather than forcing the condition yourself. Pair it with a land-type-changing effect like Blanket of Night and the ceiling rises, but that's two cards to do what a simple evasion spell handles in one. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 1/1 with conditional evasion when those formats demand raw power. Ivy Dancer is a Commander-or-nowhere card, and even there it earns its slot only in dedicated forestwalk strategies.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.30 bulk tier
At $0.30, Ivy Dancer is firmly bulk — you're paying nearly nothing for a narrow effect. It won't appreciate unless a forestwalk commander breaks out and drags the supporting pieces with it, which is an unlikely catalyst.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.