Nessian Wanderer
Creature — Satyr Scout
Constellation — Whenever an enchantment you control enters, look at the top three cards of your library. You may reveal a land card from among them and put that card into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #7734
Nessian Wanderer puts a land in your hand every time a creature with a Forest-typed basic land walk ability attacks — free card advantage stapled to combat. In Gylwain, Casting Director, where you're churning out Role tokens and suiting up creatures constantly, that trigger fires early and often.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gylwain, Casting Director
Gylwain, Casting Director hands out Role tokens at scale, and each Role that grants forestwalk turns Nessian Wanderer's trigger into a per-attack land draw engine that compounds fast.
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
Anikthea, Hand of Erebos runs a heavy enchantment suite, and Nessian Wanderer slots in as a cheap body that generates land advantage whenever her enchanted creatures push through forests.
Wildsear, Scouring Maw
Wildsear, Scouring Maw builds around landwalk aggressively, making Nessian Wanderer a natural inclusion that converts every attacking landwalker into a land draw.
Stangg, Echo Warrior
Stangg, Echo Warrior wants creatures suited up with Auras and Equipment, and Nessian Wanderer rewards that attack-focused game plan by drawing lands every time those pumped creatures swing.
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 |
Nessian Wanderer is a Commander card — the trigger fires most in multiplayer games where multiple opponents likely control Forests, and where you have the turns to build a board of forestwalkers. In 1v1 formats like Legacy or Modern, the ability is too conditional: if your opponent isn't on green, the card is a 1/2 for two with no text. Oathbreaker can use it in the right shell, but the same dependency on Forest-typed lands applies. Outside of Commander, leave it on the shelf.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Nessian Wanderer is deep bulk — you're picking it up out of a dollar bin or ordering a playset for under a dollar. Bulk rares with narrow synergy don't appreciate, so grab it for the deck that wants it and don't overthink the price.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Gylwain, Casting Director
- Anikthea, Hand of Erebos
- Wildsear, Scouring Maw
- Stangg, Echo Warrior
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.