Quirion Elves
Creature — Elf Druid
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #9634
Quirion Elves taps for mana of any color your commander produces, making it a flexible fixer that gets better the more color-intensive your commander is. The cost is real — it's a three-drop that doesn't accelerate you ahead on mana the turn it lands — but in decks where off-color pips are a constant headache, that flexibility is worth the tempo loss. Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss decks in particular run it at a 17% clip because the Elves itself qualifies as a Goreguts target.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss
Quirion Elves is a tap-for-any-color mana dork that Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss can pump and grant trample to — it does double duty as both color fixer and a creature that benefits from the commander's attack trigger, which is why nearly one in five Raggadragga lists runs it.
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 |
Quirion Elves is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Pauper it's technically available, but dedicated color fixers and better one- and two-mana dorks crowd it out. Legacy and Vintage don't touch it; the three-mana cost is disqualifying in formats where the bar for a mana creature starts at one. Commander is where Quirion Elves earns its slot, specifically in multicolor decks whose commander has heavy off-color pip requirements and whose creature-based synergies make a creature-typed mana source more valuable than an artifact one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Quirion Elves is deep bulk — you're buying this out of a dollar bin, not tracking its price. It's not going to spike; the effect is narrow enough that demand stays low outside the specific commander shells that want it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.