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Ivy Lane Denizen

Creature — Elf Warrior

Whenever another green creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Gatecrash
Price
$0.25
EDHREC rank
#2545
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Ivy Lane Denizen card art
Ivy Lane Denizen puts a +1/+1 counter on any green creature that enters under your control — every green creature, every time — and that trigger is the engine behind some of Commander's nastiest infinite loops. The four-mana cost is the only reason it isn't in every green token deck; the payoff, especially alongside Scurry Oak or Marath, Will of the Wild, is immediate and explosive.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Marath, Will of the Wild

Marath, Will of the Wild

36.7% of decks · synergy 0.35

Marath, Will of the Wild is the most natural home: spend one mana to make a 1/1, Ivy Lane Denizen puts a counter on Marath, Marath is now bigger and can repeat the process infinitely. The loop is clean, requires no additional pieces beyond these two, and kills the table with a damage outlet.

02
Chatterfang, Squirrel General

Chatterfang, Squirrel General

34.1% of decks · synergy 0.29

Every token Chatterfang, Squirrel General produces doubles into a Squirrel, and every one of those Squirrels is a green creature triggering Ivy Lane Denizen — the counter production scales catastrophically fast. That combination turns a single token spell into a board that grows itself out of control.

03
Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin

25.2% of decks · synergy 0.23

Hamza, Guardian of Arashin reduces costs based on the number of creatures you control with +1/+1 counters, so Ivy Lane Denizen functions as both an enabler and a cost-reduction engine on the same axis. Each new green creature entering makes the next one cheaper.

04
Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons

26.5% of decks · synergy 0.22

Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons cares about -1/-1 counters, but Ivy Lane Denizen provides the +1/+1 counters that let you net creatures into the board and keep the token engine churning without losing board state. It's the counter-based glue that keeps Hapatra's creature supply replenishing.

05
Ghave, Guru of Spores

Ghave, Guru of Spores

20.0% of decks · synergy 0.19

Ghave, Guru of Spores eats and makes tokens on demand, and Ivy Lane Denizen ensures every token Ghave produces feeds a counter back onto another creature — or onto Ghave itself to fund the next activation. The loop potential here mirrors Marath, just with an extra mana step.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Ivy Lane Denizen is a Commander card — full stop. The combo ceiling with Scurry Oak and Marath, Will of the Wild is high enough to justify a slot in any green-heavy token or counter deck, and the four-mana cost is perfectly acceptable in a format where games routinely hit turns six and beyond. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically interesting, but four mana for a passive trigger competes poorly against the format's speed and efficiency. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are non-starters: the effect requires a board state to matter and does nothing the turn it enters, which is a death sentence in formats where the game is often decided by turn three or four. Play it in Commander, ignore it everywhere else.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.25 bulk tier

At $0.25, Ivy Lane Denizen is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar box or thrown into trade binders without a second thought. The price is unlikely to move meaningfully given multiple printings and low competitive demand, so pick up copies freely and don't think twice about it.

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