Oakhame Ranger // Bring Back
Creature — Elf Knight Ranger // Sorcery — Adventure
: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #19460
Oakhame Ranger // Bring Back puts a 3/3 vigilance body on the board and lets you fetch a basic Forest for free when you cast it for its ward cost — real board presence plus land acceleration in one card. The catch is that you have to cast it from exile, meaning it only fires in decks built to cast spells from outside the hand, like Gorion, Wise Mentor.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor triggers whenever you cast a spell from anywhere other than your hand, which is exactly how Oakhame Ranger // Bring Back is designed to be cast — the ward mechanic puts it into exile and lets you cast it from there, turning every use into a Gorion trigger that also finds a Forest.
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 |
Oakhame Ranger // Bring Back is a Commander card through and through — the ward-into-exile casting mechanic only shines when a commander like Gorion, Wise Mentor or another exile-cast enabler is in the command zone to exploit it. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but has no competitive home; a 3/3 that fetches a basic land at three mana is well below rate for those formats. Commander is the only format where the double-faced design and niche trigger condition become genuine advantages rather than obstacles.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Oakhame Ranger // Bring Back is bulk, which is appropriate for a card with a narrow home. It's not a staple — if Gorion, Wise Mentor decks grow in popularity it could inch up, but the ceiling is low given how few commanders actually want the exile-cast condition.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.