Maraleaf Rider
Creature — Elf Knight
Sacrifice a Food: Target creature blocks this creature this turn if able.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #23626
Maraleaf Rider is a two-mana 2/2 with flying and the ability to tap for green or blue mana — a mana dork with evasion stapled on. The flight upside rarely justifies the slot over a pure accelerant, making this a fringe inclusion outside dedicated Faerie or Food synergy builds.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Maraleaf Rider is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Oathbreaker, and Vintage, but sees play in essentially none of them at a meaningful rate. In Pauper it theoretically competes as a common mana creature, but every format that wants a two-mana accelerant has better options — Selvala, Heart of the Wilds territory this is not. In Commander, the Faerie subtype is the only real hook; decks built around Faerie tribal led by commanders like Alela, Artful Provocateur have a narrow reason to run it, but even there the body and rate are underwhelming. Treat Maraleaf Rider as a budget filler piece in tribal lists, not a format staple in any archetype.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Maraleaf Rider is deep bulk — you'll find copies in commons boxes at your local game store before you'd bother ordering one. Don't expect the price to move; there's no competitive demand propping it up, and casual Faerie players can grab copies essentially for free.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.