Willow Priestess
Creature — Faerie Druid
: You may put a Faerie permanent card from your hand onto the battlefield.
: Target green creature gains protection from black until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Homelands
- Price
- $8.43
- EDHREC rank
- #23614
Willow Priestess puts a Faerie directly into play from your hand and protects it by bouncing Wirewood Symbiote back to reuse — that's two lines of value on a two-power body. The two-mana activation is real cost, but in any dedicated Faerie or Elf shell, she earns her slot on impact alone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Willow Priestess is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — and Commander is by far the most relevant home. In 100-card singleton, the combination of a repeatable cheat effect and a protection mechanism on one card justifies the inclusion in any Faerie tribal or Elf-value shell. Legacy and Vintage see no meaningful play from Willow Priestess; the formats are fast enough that a three-mana creature with a two-mana activated ability simply can't compete with the threats those formats generate. Oathbreaker offers a smaller-scale Commander experience where she's playable but niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Willow PriestessWirewood SymbioteMaskwood Nexus
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count
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Ashaya, Soul of the WildScryb RangerWillow Priestess
Infinite ETB; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite LTB
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Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Willow Priestess does two distinct things — cheat Faeries into play and protect creatures via bounce — and no single card replicates both. Faerie Harbinger tutors a Faerie to the top of your library for three mana at end step, which is slower but costs a fraction of the price. For the protection angle, Erratic Portal bounces any creature for one mana and reuses enters-the-battlefield effects, though it requires the creature already in play rather than deploying it fresh.
Price Context
Current price
$8.43 mid tier
At $8.43, Willow Priestess sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate include, cheap enough that it doesn't anchor a budget. The price is supported by a narrow but real demand from Faerie tribal Commander builds, so it holds reasonably steady rather than spiking or cratering.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.