Mirkwood Elk
Creature — Elk
Trample
Whenever this creature enters or attacks, return target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's power.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.56
- EDHREC rank
- #14412
Mirkwood Elk turns every token you create into a free tap of any nonland permanent — that's repeatable, instant-speed disruption stapled to your go-wide gameplan. The cost is a five-mana 3/5, which is a real ask, but under Galadriel, Elven-Queen the tap trigger fires constantly enough to justify it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen generates a stream of Scry tokens on your opponents' turns, which means Mirkwood Elk's tap ability triggers on a loop — tapping down blockers, stalling planeswalkers, or locking out mana before a critical turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mirkwood Elk is a Commander card through and through — the tap trigger only becomes oppressive when you're making multiple tokens per turn cycle, which token-focused EDH decks do naturally. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's technically legal, a five-mana 3/5 with a conditional tap effect doesn't clear the bar when the format is full of faster, more efficient interaction. Commander is the format where its ceiling exists: in the right deck it's a soft-lock piece that taxes the table every time your tokens enter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.56 bulk tier
At $0.56, Mirkwood Elk sits firmly in bulk territory, which is appropriate for a card with narrow but real synergy upside. It's unlikely to climb without a reprint of Galadriel, Elven-Queen spiking broader interest in the archetype, so pick it up cheap if the deck calls for it and don't expect movement either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.