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Llanowar Druid

Creature — Elf Druid

{T}, Sacrifice this creature: Untap all Forests.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Weatherlight
Price
$0.26
EDHREC rank
#14896
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Llanowar Druid card art
Llanowar Druid taps to untap all Forests you control — in the right shell, that's a mana doubler stapled to a two-mana body. The cost is that it sacrifices itself on activation, so it needs a deck that either loops creatures from the graveyard or converts the mana into an immediate win; Kenrith, the Returned King and Yedora, Grave Gardener both do exactly that.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Yedora, Grave Gardener

Yedora, Grave Gardener

17.3% of decks · synergy 0.16

When Llanowar Druid dies after untapping your Forests, Yedora, Grave Gardener returns it to the battlefield as a Forest — which immediately resets the engine, letting you untap your lands again and again until you've generated enough mana to close the game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Llanowar Druid is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is its only real home. In Legacy and Vintage the one-shot Forest untap doesn't compete with the raw speed and consistency of those formats' mana engines. Pauper is the one competitive format where it's legal and theoretically loopable, but no established Pauper shell currently exploits it. Commander is where the card earns its slot — specifically in green creature-recursion decks that can chain the sacrifice trigger into a loop.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

6 decks
Kenrith, the Returned KingLlanowar DruidYavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Kenrith, the Returned KingLlanowar DruidYavimaya, Cradle of Growth

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite mana lands you control can produce; Infinite green mana; Infinite card draw for any number of players; Return all creature cards from all graveyards to the battlefield under your control; Infinite draw triggers for any number of opponents; Infinite untap of all Forests; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control; Infinite untap of lands you control

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Price Context

Current price

$0.26 bulk tier

At $0.26, Llanowar Druid is bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk combo pieces with narrow homes rarely spike, so don't expect price movement unless a high-profile Yedora, Grave Gardener list pushes demand.

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