Terrain Elemental
Creature — Elemental
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #13197
Terrain Elemental is a 3/4 for three mana with no abilities — a vanilla body that trades card text for above-rate stats. Outside of decks that specifically reward having no abilities, it has no business in a 100-card singleton format where every slot competes, but Ruxa, Patient Professor makes it a genuine first pick.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ruxa, Patient Professor
Ruxa, Patient Professor pumps creatures with no abilities and grants them the ability to bypass blockers, turning Terrain Elemental's blank text box from a liability into the exact credential Ruxa demands — it shows up in over 65% of Ruxa lists for exactly that reason.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven cares about vanilla creatures the same way Ruxa does, and Terrain Elemental's 3/4 stat line makes it one of the more efficient bodies to flood the board with for Jasmine's go-wide plan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Terrain Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but outside Commander its home is essentially nowhere. Pauper is the only non-Commander format where a 3/4 vanilla for three mana could theoretically pull weight in an aggressive green shell, but even there the competition from creatures with actual upsides is stiff. In Commander, Terrain Elemental is a role-player in a narrow slice of the format — specifically the vanilla-matters builds helmed by Ruxa, Patient Professor or Jasmine Boreal of the Seven — and has no real case outside those decks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Terrain Elemental sits firmly in bulk territory, which is exactly what you'd expect for a card with no text and no cross-format demand. It's not going to appreciate, but it doesn't need to — if you're building Ruxa, Patient Professor, you're buying a playset for less than a dollar and moving on.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.