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Llanowar Mentor

Creature — Elf Spellshaper

{G}, {T}, Discard a card: Create a 1/1 green Elf Druid creature token named Llanowar Elves. It has "{T}: Add {G}."

CMC
1
Mana cost
{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Time Spiral Remastered
Price
$0.24
EDHREC rank
#13419
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Llanowar Mentor card art
Llanowar Mentor turns spare mana and a land card into a repeatable Llanowar Elves factory — every activation drops a 1/1 that taps for green, and Sylvan Anthem turns that token stream into a growing board. The cost is real: one green mana plus discarding a land every time, so it rewards land-heavy builds and punishes lean ones.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Llanowar Mentor earns its slot — token-matters and elf-tribal commanders can trigger off each activation, and the cumulative mana output from a pile of Llanowar Elves tokens compounds fast over a long game. In Legacy and Vintage, a one-mana creature that asks you to discard a land for each activation is too slow and resource-intensive against decks operating on a much tighter axis. Modern technically allows it, but the same problem applies — competitive green decks want mana acceleration that doesn't cost card equity. Llanowar Mentor is a Commander card through and through, best in pods where the game goes long enough to recoup the land investment.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

1 decks
Llanowar MentorSylvan AnthemEligeth, Crossroads AugurIntruder Alarm

Llanowar MentorSylvan AnthemEligeth, Crossroads AugurIntruder Alarm

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite mana basic lands you control can produce; Near-infinite untap of all creatures

View on Commander Spellbook ↗
1 decks
Llanowar MentorSeason of GrowthEligeth, Crossroads AugurIntruder Alarm

Llanowar MentorSeason of GrowthEligeth, Crossroads AugurIntruder Alarm

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite creature tokens; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite mana basic lands you control can produce; Near-infinite untap of all creatures

View on Commander Spellbook ↗

Price Context

Current price

$0.24 bulk tier

At $0.24, Llanowar Mentor is deep bulk — you're picking it up for almost nothing. Bulk rares with narrow Commander applications tend to stay in this range, so don't expect movement.

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