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Llanowar Elves

Creature — Elf Druid

{T}: Add {G}.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Classic Sixth Edition
Price
$0.48
EDHREC rank
#62
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Llanowar Elves card art
Llanowar Elves turns one mana into two on turn two, and that tempo advantage compounds every turn it stays in play. In creature-heavy engines like Voja, Jaws of the Conclave it pulls double duty as an Elf body and an accelerant, and in bounce loops with Temur Sabertooth it generates unlimited mana without any additional setup.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

Voja, Jaws of the Conclave

85.8% of decks · synergy 0.70

Llanowar Elves is an Elf that ramps you into Voja, Jaws of the Conclave a full turn early and then triggers Voja's power-and-toughness pump the moment it attacks — it's both fuel and payoff in the same 1/1 body.

02
Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy

89.4% of decks · synergy 0.62

Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy doubles the output of every nonland mana source, so Llanowar Elves taps for two instead of one — it's one of the cheapest ways to hit that doubling effect on turn one.

03
Maralen, Fae Ascendant

Maralen, Fae Ascendant

76.5% of decks · synergy 0.60

Maralen, Fae Ascendant needs mana available on opponents' turns to pay for tutored cards, and Llanowar Elves provides exactly that kind of floating green mana without occupying a land slot.

04
Tyvar the Bellicose

Tyvar the Bellicose

89.8% of decks · synergy 0.55

Tyvar the Bellicose gives all Elves the ability to tap for mana equal to their power, and Llanowar Elves is a free, on-theme mana dork that immediately benefits from that static ability the turn Tyvar hits play.

05
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss

86.7% of decks · synergy 0.54

Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss pumps creatures that tap for mana, and Llanowar Elves becomes a 4/4 the moment Raggadragga is in play — a one-mana threat that attacks for serious damage while still producing green.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Llanowar Elves is a staple: the one-mana accelerant that trades a single green pip for a permanent mana advantage that scales over the course of a long game. Legacy and Vintage treat it as a functional land with upside, slotting into Elf combo and stompy shells where the one-drop ramp curve is mandatory. Modern sees it in Elf tribal and green devotion lists that want to hit three or four mana by turn two. Pioneer and Standard give it a home whenever creature-based ramp is legal and aggressive, though redundancy with Elvish Mystic limits how many slots it fills. Pauper runs Llanowar Elves in virtually every green deck that can — at common, the efficiency-to-cost ratio is unmatched.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.48 bulk tier

At $0.48, Llanowar Elves is deep bulk — it has been printed so many times that supply will never be a constraint. It's the kind of card you throw in a deck without budgeting for it, and that accessibility is part of why it appears in more than 300,000 registered Commander lists.

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