Wall of Wood
Creature — Wall
Defender (This creature can't attack.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- 30th Anniversary Edition
- Price
- $2.18
- EDHREC rank
- #23393
Wall of Wood is a 0/3 defender for one green mana — it blocks, it does nothing else, and that's the whole problem. Nearly every green deck has better things to do with a slot than park a vanilla wall that generates no value.
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 |
Wall of Wood is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 0/3 with no text doesn't survive the first board wipe, trades down against tokens, and advances zero game plans — green has Arcades synergy decks if you want defenders, and even those want walls that draw cards or generate mana. In Pauper it's equally irrelevant; cheap defenders with actual abilities like Lagonna-Band Trailblazer or Resolute Rats fill that role better. Across every format where Wall of Wood is technically castable, it's outclassed by options that actually do something.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.18 cheap tier
At $2.18, Wall of Wood sits in the cheap tier but is overpriced for what it does — that price is entirely nostalgia and age, not playability. Don't expect the value to climb; there's no competitive demand pulling it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.