Vastwood Animist
Creature — Elf Shaman Ally
: Target land you control becomes an X/X Elemental creature until end of turn, where X is the number of Allies you control. It's still a land.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24598
Vastwood Animist turns any land into a creature with power and toughness equal to the number of lands you control — on a 1/1 body for three mana that taps to activate. The payoff is real in land-heavy or landfall builds, but the activation cost means you're spending your land's turn to make one big attacker, not producing mana.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Vastwood Animist slots into landfall and lands-matter builds as a low-cost threat that scales with a strategy you're already executing. It's legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, but those formats have no interest in a three-mana 1/1 with a tap ability when faster, more efficient options exist — it doesn't see meaningful play in any of them. Commander is the only home where the card pulls its weight, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Vastwood Animist is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if the deck wants it. Price stability here is irrelevant; it's a throw-in card that costs less than a sleeve.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.