Rootrider Faun
Creature — Satyr Scout
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, : Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #14081
Rootrider Faun is a two-mana mana dork that taps for any color, making it one of the most flexible early accelerants in the game. The body being a 1/2 is irrelevant — you run it because turn-two five-color commanders are worth a vanilla creature slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rootrider Faun earns its slot in any deck with three or more colors that wants redundancy past Arcane Signet and the format's best one-drops. It's strictly worse than Birds of Paradise in Legacy and Modern, where the one-mana rate is the entire reason to play a mana creature — two mana for this effect is too slow when the format moves faster. In Pioneer and Standard, the lack of competitive ramp decks leaning on any-color dorks limits its ceiling, though it's a fine roleplayer in multicolor goodstuff builds where the fixing matters more than the speed. Pauper is where Rootrider Faun genuinely competes, since the color-fixing density at common drops off sharply and a two-mana any-color dork is a real resource.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Rootrider Faun is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without thinking about it. Demand from Commander players is steady but not explosive, so this price is stable rather than a window closing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.