Savaen Elves
Creature — Elf
, 
: Destroy target Aura attached to a land.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #30407
Savaen Elves gives you a 1/1 body that can tap to give target creature -1/-0 until end of turn — a negligible combat trick stapled to a vanilla stat line. The cost is an entire deck slot, and no competitive shell needs this effect badly enough to pay that price.
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 |
Savaen Elves is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a temporary -1/-0 effect on a singleton tap ability is irrelevant at a 99-card, four-player table where threats come from every direction. Pauper is the only format where commons get a real audition, but even there Savaen Elves competes against green one-drops that actually advance a board state. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Savaen Elves sits firmly in bulk territory, and the price reflects the power level accurately. Don't expect movement — bulk commons with no competitive application tend to stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.