Llanowar Greenwidow
Creature — Spider
Reach, trample
Domain — 
: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped. It gains "If this permanent would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else." This ability costs 
less to activate for each basic land type among lands you control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dominaria United Promos
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #12279
Llanowar Greenwidow lands as a 3/4 reach Spider that produces a Spider token whenever a creature you control dies — that's immediate board presence and built-in recursion in one card. The cost is four mana for a body that does nothing proactive on its own; in Shelob, Child of Ungoliant decks, that trade is worth it, but outside of death-trigger or spider tribal shells it's too passive for the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant
Shelob, Child of Ungoliant turns every creature that dies into a food token and wants a constant supply of spiders on board, so Llanowar Greenwidow's death-trigger generating fresh Spider tokens feeds both the tribe count and the sacrifice engine at once.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Llanowar Greenwidow is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it actually sees play — 40-life games are long enough for a slow, value-accumulating creature to matter, and the multiplayer environment means your creatures die constantly, which turns Greenwidow's trigger into a real engine. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, a four-mana 3/4 that generates tokens only on death is far too slow; neither format has room for that kind of passive payoff when threats cost half as much. Pioneer is the same story — the card just doesn't clear the bar for proactive speed.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Llanowar Greenwidow is bulk — it costs less than most sleeves and there's no reason to hesitate on picking up copies. Bulk rares with narrow tribal application tend to stay cheap, so don't expect this price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.