Orcish Lumberjack
Creature — Orc
, Sacrifice a Forest: Add three mana in any combination of 
and/or 
.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2992
Orcish Lumberjack converts a Forest into three mana on the spot — the kind of burst acceleration that lands a turn-4 Etali, Primal Conqueror or fuels a mid-combat Aggravated Assault activation before opponents can respond. The cost is real: you're destroying your own land, so every activation is a permanent resource trade, not a free lunch.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Etali, Primal Conqueror
Etali, Primal Conqueror costs nine mana, and Orcish Lumberjack is one of the few one-mana creatures that can single-handedly push you over the top two turns ahead of schedule. At 56% inclusion across Etali decks, it's practically a staple.
Borborygmos Enraged
Borborygmos Enraged wants to discard lands for damage, which makes the Forests Orcish Lumberjack destroys feel like lost ammunition — but the burst mana to land an eight-mana commander early outweighs that tension. Getting Borborygmos into play a turn faster means more attack triggers and more lands entering your hand.
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
Toph, Hardheaded Teacher cares about lands entering the battlefield, so the Forests Orcish Lumberjack sacrifices are a real cost here — but the explosive early mana lets Toph hit the table before opponents have the interaction to stop her. The synergy score of 0.31 reflects a shell that needs the speed more than it needs the land count.
Hearthhull, the Worldseed
Hearthhull, the Worldseed is a big-mana commander that rewards flooding the board early, and Orcish Lumberjack provides exactly the kind of burst acceleration that lets Hearthhull deploy ahead of curve. At 26% inclusion across nearly 25,000 decks, it's a consistent pickup for the archetype.
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer is an X-spell commander where every extra mana directly translates to a higher-value creature tutored into play, making Orcish Lumberjack's burst acceleration directly convertible into card advantage. Spiking Rocco's X by two or three on curve can flip the entire game.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Orcish Lumberjack does its best work — the singleton format rewards explosive early mana, and the ability to sacrifice a Forest for three mana at instant speed enables the kind of turn-3 or turn-4 plays that define fast green strategies. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but rarely sees play; those formats have access to broken fast mana that makes a land-destroying 1/1 look pedestrian by comparison. Pauper is the other format worth watching: the common card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana creature producing three mana in a single activation is legitimately powerful, and Gruul or mono-red stompy shells can use that burst to close games before opponents stabilize.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Aggravated AssaultOrcish LumberjackErinis, Gloom StalkerTanuki Transplanter
Infinite combat phases; Infinite green mana; Infinite landfall triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Orcish Lumberjack isn't currently available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate before buying. Given its 56% inclusion rate in Etali decks alone and cross-archetype demand, it tends not to sit at bulk pricing — verify before assuming it's a cheap pickup.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
- Aggravated Assault
- Etali, Primal Conqueror
- Borborygmos Enraged
- Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
- Hearthhull, the Worldseed
- Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer
- Erinis, Gloom Stalker
- Tanuki Transplanter
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.