Viridian Acolyte
Creature — Elf Shaman
, 
: Add one mana of any color.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Darksteel
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25249
Viridian Acolyte is a one-mana mana dork that taps for green — functional, replaceable, and exactly what it says on the tin. The floor is low and the ceiling never rises, so you run it only when you genuinely need the ninth or tenth one-drop accelerant.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Viridian Acolyte competes in a crowded field of one-mana green accelerants, and it loses most of those fights — Llanowar Elves, Elvish Mystic, and Fyndhorn Elves do the same job with better tribal tags or identical text at the same cost. It earns a slot in Elf-tribal builds that want redundancy past the first eight, or in any strategy that specifically rewards having a creature on the battlefield turn one. In Pauper, the common designation keeps it technically playable in green ramp shells, though again the competition is stiff. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla mana creature with no upside. The honest read: Viridian Acolyte is a Commander-or-bust card, and even there it's a depth pick.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Viridian Acolyte is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without spending a thought. There's no price floor to speak of, and nothing about the card suggests it appreciates; treat it as a free inclusion or a placeholder until you find a strictly better one-drop.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.