Orchard Spirit
Creature — Spirit
This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic Origins
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27869
Orchard Spirit is a 2/2 flier for three mana that can walk through any blocker with a Forest in play — a floor so low it rarely clears the bar in competitive 60-card formats, let alone Commander. Functional filler at best; there are better three-drop evasion creatures at every budget.
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 |
Orchard Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality isn't the same as playability. In Commander, a 2/2 that can't block fliers and offers no enters-the-battlefield effect is too low-impact for a 100-card singleton format where every slot competes hard. Pauper is the one format where Orchard Spirit has any realistic home — common-legal green beatdown decks occasionally want evasive bodies at low monetary cost, though even there it faces stiff competition from more efficient common creatures. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, or Vintage, it simply doesn't meet the power threshold.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Orchard Spirit is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without noticing. Price stability is essentially guaranteed because there's no demand pressure to move it, up or down.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.