Is Legolas Greenleaf good in Commander?

Legolas Greenleaf in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Legolas Greenleaf enters with a +1/+1 counter whenever you scry, turning a filtering mechanic into a growing threat that also nets you card selection — the payoff scales with how aggressively your deck manipulates the top of its library. Galadriel, Elven-Queen decks in particular treat him as a staple, and the 1GG cost is cheap enough that he never feels like a commitment.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Galadriel, Elven-Queen

77.8% of decks · synergy 0.76

Galadriel, Elven-Queen scries on your end step whenever an opponent has more cards, which means Legolas Greenleaf is almost guaranteed to grow every turn cycle without any additional setup.

02

Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards creatures with no blocked creatures dealing combat damage, and Legolas Greenleaf's steady counter accumulation makes him a meaningful threat in that evasion-forward gameplan.

03

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh

48.3% of decks · synergy 0.48

Cleopatra, Exiled Pharaoh generates consistent scry triggers through her treasure and card-advantage engine, feeding Legolas Greenleaf counters while the deck goes wide.

04

Elrond, Master of Healing

32.5% of decks · synergy 0.31

Elrond, Master of Healing scries whenever you cast a spell with a Fellowship counter, creating a low-effort loop that keeps Legolas Greenleaf growing throughout the game.

05

Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful

17.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

The partner pairing of Reyhan, Last of the Abzan // Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful thrives on distributing and recycling +1/+1 counters, and Legolas Greenleaf plugs in as a redundant counter-gainer that requires no extra investment to enable.

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

Commander is the clear home for Legolas Greenleaf — the format's long games give him time to grow, and the density of scry effects across Simic, Azorius, and multicolor decks means his trigger fires regularly. In Legacy and Vintage, where he's technically legal, a 3-mana 2/2 that accumulates counters slowly has no competitive role. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander closely enough that the same scry-heavy builds can slot him in without much adjustment.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.66 cheap tier

At $2.66, Legolas Greenleaf sits in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough to test without deliberation, priced appropriately for a card with real synergy density in its best shells. Demand is anchored to Galadriel, Elven-Queen builds specifically, so the price is unlikely to move dramatically outside of a reprint.