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Scaled Herbalist

Creature — Lizard Druid

{T}: You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
common
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Price
$0.26
EDHREC rank
#8112
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Scaled Herbalist card art
Scaled Herbalist puts a land from your hand onto the battlefield every time it attacks — tapping a land to cast a creature triggers the land drop, not a spell, which means Retreat to Coralhelm and Tatyova, Benthic Druid treat it as a real land play. The cost is a 1/2 body at two mana that needs to attack to function, so it demands evasion or a wide-open board.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Tatyova, Benthic Druid

Tatyova, Benthic Druid

19.4% of decks · synergy 0.18

Tatyova, Benthic Druid draws a card and gains a life every time a land enters under your control, so Scaled Herbalist's attack trigger chains directly into card advantage — attack, drop a land, draw a card, repeat until the board closes.

02
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic

16.6% of decks · synergy 0.16

Archelos, Lagoon Mystic lets lands enter untapped while it's tapped, which pairs with the attack trigger on Scaled Herbalist to ensure every land drop from combat comes in ready to use immediately.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Scaled Herbalist is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive home is firmly Commander. In Pauper it's technically available but land-drop loops that run through combat are too slow and fragile against the format's efficient removal and tempo plays. In Modern and Pioneer it simply doesn't compete with two-mana ramp options that don't require attacking. Commander is where the repetitive land-drop engine is worth building around, especially in Simic landfall shells where each trigger off Scaled Herbalist cascades into draw, life, or board presence.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.26 bulk tier

At $0.26, Scaled Herbalist is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap order filler. Bulk combo pieces at this price point tend to stay flat unless a high-profile deck puts them on camera, so don't expect movement.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.