Rushwood Legate
Creature — Dryad
If an opponent controls an Island and you control a Forest, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.27
- EDHREC rank
- #28911
Rushwood Legate is a 2/1 for one green mana whenever an opponent controls a Forest — a free body that punishes green-heavy tables without asking anything of your mana. It's a narrow card that earns its slot only when you can reliably count on green opponents, but in those metas it's pure free value.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rushwood Legate is a meta-read card: green is the most popular color in the format, so at most tables you're casting this for free on turn one or two off a Forest trigger. Legacy and Vintage are the only other legal homes, and neither has much use for a 2/1 creature that demands specific board conditions in a format full of faster threats. Rushwood Legate is essentially a Commander-only card in practice — the format's multiplayer structure means three opponents with green decks make this a near-guaranteed freecast every game.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.27 bulk tier
At $0.27, Rushwood Legate is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Given its narrow application, that price is exactly right and unlikely to move unless green's stranglehold on Commander somehow loosens.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.