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Scryb Ranger

Creature — Faerie Ranger

Flash
Flying, protection from blue
Return a Forest you control to its owner's hand: Untap target creature. Activate only once each turn.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Time Spiral
Price
$0.59
EDHREC rank
#5198
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Scryb Ranger card art
Scryb Ranger lets you return a Forest to untap a creature — and in the right shell, that untap is a mana engine, a combo enabler, or both at once. Ashaya, Soul of the Wild turns every creature into a Forest, which means Scryb Ranger can untap any creature you control, not just dedicated mana dorks; pair that with Yisan, the Wanderer Bard and a single activation can chain into a full library search.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

74.6% of decks · synergy 0.69

Scryb Ranger is a two-drop that untaps Yisan, the Wanderer Bard after each verse counter activation, effectively doubling his output in a single turn cycle — it shows up in over 74% of Yisan lists for exactly this reason.

02
Yedora, Grave Gardener

Yedora, Grave Gardener

60.6% of decks · synergy 0.55

Yedora, Grave Gardener turns every nontoken creature that dies into a face-down Forest, which feeds Scryb Ranger's bounce cost on demand and lets the deck recycle its graveyard into untap fuel.

03
Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

47.9% of decks · synergy 0.43

Scryb Ranger untaps Selvala, Heart of the Wilds after a tap activation, letting her generate mana or draw cards again the same turn — a clean two-card engine that scales with the power of whatever you cast.

04
Zimone and Dina

Zimone and Dina

31.6% of decks · synergy 0.31

Zimone and Dina wants to put extra land drops to work, and Scryb Ranger's bounce-a-Forest clause is a free land replay trigger that feeds Zimone's draw-and-drain engine each turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Scryb Ranger lives — the singleton format rewards cheap, repeatable utility creatures, and the Ashaya, Soul of the Wild interaction alone justifies a slot in any green combo deck. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is technically legal but competes in formats where a 1/1 flier with a conditional untap effect does not match the pace of play. Modern is the same story: the effect is too narrow and too slow for a format defined by turn-three-or-die threats. Scryb Ranger is a Commander card wearing Legacy legality as a footnote.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.59 bulk tier

At $0.59, Scryb Ranger is a bulk rare with outsized combo relevance — you are paying almost nothing for a card that enables infinite-mana lines in competitive green builds. The price reflects its narrow play pattern rather than its ceiling, so it's a clean pickup for any Yisan or Ashaya shell without budget hesitation.

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