Weatherseed Treefolk

Creature — Treefolk

Trample
When this creature dies, return it to its owner's hand.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{2}{G}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
World Championship Decks 1999
Price
$0.45
EDHREC rank
#22261
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Weatherseed Treefolk card art
Weatherseed Treefolk is a 5/3 trample that returns itself to your hand whenever it leaves the battlefield — the recursion is free and unconditional, making it nearly impossible to strand in the graveyard. That self-bounce pairs brutally with Sneak Attack and reaches its ceiling in Fangorn, Tree Shepherd, where every recast triggers a cascade of land and creature synergies.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Fangorn, Tree Shepherd

Fangorn, Tree Shepherd

18.6% of decks · synergy 0.18

Fangorn, Tree Shepherd turns every cast of Weatherseed Treefolk into a repeatable engine — each time it bounces back from combat or removal and you recast it, Fangorn triggers again, generating mana and snowballing board presence across a long game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Weatherseed Treefolk is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is Commander by a wide margin. In Legacy and Vintage the self-recursion is cute but a 5/3 for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect doesn't clear the bar for competitive play. Commander is where the combination of trample, durability, and recast triggers actually matters — particularly in green stompy and Treefolk tribal shells where the card is effectively unkillable at no additional cost.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.45 bulk tier

At $0.45, Weatherseed Treefolk sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a reprint or spike in Treefolk tribal demand. It's an easy include on price alone for any deck that wants it.

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