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Vivien, Champion of the Wilds

Legendary Planeswalker — Vivien

You may cast creature spells as though they had flash.
+1: Until your next turn, up to one target creature gains vigilance and reach.
−2: Look at the top three cards of your library. Exile one face down and put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order. For as long as it remains exiled, you may cast it if it's a creature spell.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
War of the Spark Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3640
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Vivien, Champion of the Wilds card art
Vivien, Champion of the Wilds gives your creatures flash at the permanent level — no spell required — which means every morph trigger from Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer becomes available at instant speed, and every eldrazi cast with Ulalek, Fused Atrocity can happen on the opponent's end step. Three mana for a static that rewrites when your creatures can enter is the real rate; the +1 and -2 are gravy.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer

49.5% of decks · synergy 0.48

Vivien, Champion of the Wilds is in nearly half of all Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer decks because flash lets you deploy morphs on opponents' turns, preserving mana and making every free card draw off Kadena unpredictable and harder to counter.

02
Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald

26.4% of decks · synergy 0.25

Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald triggers off casting spells from anywhere other than hand, so Vivien, Champion of the Wilds lets you hold creatures as instant-speed threats and generate Wolf tokens at the most disruptive moment possible.

03
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.20

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful is a mutate commander that wants to attack, and Vivien, Champion of the Wilds lets you snap in mutate creatures at the end of an opponent's turn so Otrimi enters combat with full upgrades already stacked.

04
Ayula, Queen Among Bears

Ayula, Queen Among Bears

21.3% of decks · synergy 0.17

Ayula, Queen Among Bears turns every Bear entering the battlefield into a fight or counter effect, and Vivien, Champion of the Wilds converts that into an instant-speed removal package — flash a Bear in, trigger Ayula, fight something, all on the opponent's turn.

05
Volo, Guide to Monsters

Volo, Guide to Monsters

16.5% of decks · synergy 0.15

Volo, Guide to Monsters copies each creature spell of a type not already on the battlefield, and Vivien, Champion of the Wilds lets you hold those spells until the exact moment you want double the enters-the-battlefield triggers with the lowest possible counterplay window.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Vivien, Champion of the Wilds earns her slot in any green creature deck that wants to play on opponents' turns — flash is one of the hardest effects to tax, and three mana on a planeswalker that survives most early boards is a strong rate. In Pioneer and Modern she sees occasional play in creature-heavy shells that want to threaten at instant speed without running a full flash package, though competition from cheaper interaction keeps her out of most serious lists. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a three-mana do-nothing-immediately permanent. Oathbreaker is where Vivien, Champion of the Wilds actually gets to be a centerpiece rather than a support piece, since she can be the commander herself and every subsequent green spell in the deck benefits from the static.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

64 decks
Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleVivien, Champion of the Wilds

Ulalek, Fused AtrocityDrowner of Truth // Drowned JungleVivien, Champion of the Wilds

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite storm count; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite copies of abilities you control on the stack; Infinite copies of a specific creature

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data isn't currently available for Vivien, Champion of the Wilds, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest — she's been printed multiple times and supply is generally healthy. Given her consistent demand in Kadena and morph builds, she tends to stay budget-accessible; any reprint keeps her well within casual range.

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