Mossbeard Ancient
Creature — Treefolk
Trample
When this creature enters, you gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #19036
Mossbeard Ancient lands as a 7/7 with vigilance and ward 7 — an eight-mana threat that actively punishes targeted removal without costing the caster a card. The cost is real, but Fangorn, Tree Shepherd makes it trivial by generating the green mana pips Mossbeard needs from Forest ETBs.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd turns every Forest entering the battlefield into mana, and Mossbeard Ancient's eight-mana ask becomes achievable as early as turn four in a deck built around that engine — while the ward 7 body protects itself long enough to matter.
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 |
Mossbeard Ancient is a Commander card through and through — eight mana is a nonstarter in competitive Constructed formats where the game ends before it resolves. In Modern and Pioneer, nothing justifies this slot over threats that cost half as much and close faster. Commander is where the ward 7 clause actually functions as a deterrent: opponents burning removal on an eight-mana creature face a steep tax, and in Treefolk or big-green stompy builds the body is enormous enough to end games on its own. Oathbreaker can theoretically support it in a ramp shell, but the 20-life starting total keeps it fringe.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Mossbeard Ancient is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a bulk box rather than buy. That price is stable for the foreseeable future given the card's narrow Commander niche, so there's no urgency in acquiring copies and no risk in waiting.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.