Selfless Safewright
Creature — Elf Warrior
Flash
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
When this creature enters, choose a creature type. Other permanents you control of that type gain hexproof and indestructible until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.78
- EDHREC rank
- #5460
Selfless Safewright trades itself to give a creature protection from a chosen color until end of turn — a one-mana ambush answer to targeted removal or a combat trick that blanks a blocker. The cost is card disadvantage, which is acceptable only when the creature you're protecting is doing enough work to justify it; in High Perfect Morcant decks, where every elf on the board is a resource, it almost always is.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
High Perfect Morcant
High Perfect Morcant builds around elves entering and dying, and Selfless Safewright slots in as both a tribal body and a protection piece that can save a key elf from a removal spell at instant speed, keeping the engine intact.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Maralen, Fae Ascendant cares about creatures with multiple creature types, and Selfless Safewright — an elf scout — satisfies that condition while providing the deck a way to protect Maralen herself or another critical piece from targeted removal.
Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
Dionus, Elvish Archdruid rewards stacking elves and punishes opponents for killing them, so Selfless Safewright earns its slot by stepping in front of removal that would disrupt the board state.
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader can already give elves protection with his own ability, but Selfless Safewright offers a cheaper, instant-speed backup that frees up mana for the overrun activation.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves needs elves alive at end of turn to trigger her tap ability, and Selfless Safewright is exactly the kind of cheap protection piece that keeps the squad intact through removal-heavy pods.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Selfless Safewright earns its place narrowly but cleanly in elf tribal decks where protecting a key creature is worth a card. Outside of Commander, the card is too fair for Modern and Legacy — one mana for situational protection that requires a sacrifice is outclassed by spells that protect without the tempo loss. In Pioneer and Standard the same logic applies; protection effects at this cost don't compete with more efficient tools. Selfless Safewright is a Commander-first card, and even there it belongs only in shells that care about the elf type, not as a generic goodstuff inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.78 bulk tier
At $0.78, Selfless Safewright sits at the high end of bulk — cheap enough to throw in without scrutiny, but not so cheap that it's a throwaway pickup. The price is stable because demand is narrow: it moves in elf tribal decks and almost nowhere else.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.