Lys Alana Informant
Creature — Elf Scout
When this creature enters or dies, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #15742
Lys Alana Informant mills two cards every time you cast an Elf or Faerie — in the right tribal shell that's a repeatable, passive engine that requires zero additional mana. The cost is a 1/1 body for two mana that does nothing in the wrong deck and competes hard for slot space against more impactful two-drops.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Lys Alana Informant is a narrow tribal card, and Commander is where it comes closest to justifying a slot — specifically in Elf-heavy or Faerie-heavy builds where spell volume is high enough to mill meaningfully toward a self-mill or graveyard payoff. Outside of those archetypes, it's invisible. In Pauper it's technically legal but sees no meaningful play; Elf tribal there focuses on faster combo and aggro engines that don't care about milling. Every other format — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — simply has better two-drops, and the mill trigger doesn't accrue fast enough to matter in a 60-card context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Lys Alana Informant is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price is stable because demand is low and supply is ample; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.