Willow Satyr
Creature — Satyr
You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step.
: Gain control of target legendary creature for as long as you control this creature and this creature remains tapped.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $68.93
- EDHREC rank
- #23449
Willow Satyr lets you steal control of any legend on the board for as long as it stays tapped — a repeatable, open-ended threat that scales with whatever the table plays. The catch is a fragile 1/1 body that dies to a stiff breeze, so you need either protection or a way to untap it immediately to get full mileage.
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 |
Commander is where Willow Satyr lives — legends are everywhere, the game is slow enough for a tapped creature to survive, and the political leverage of threatening to steal any commander is real. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but laughably uncompetitive: a five-mana 1/1 with a tap ability competes against format-defining efficiency and hits the bin before you ever untap. Oathbreaker is legal and the same logic applies as Commander, though games end faster so the window to abuse the steal is narrower. Anywhere else, it's not legal at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Willow Satyr's closest functional replacement is Keiga, the Tide Star, which steals a creature on death rather than on demand, but costs a fraction and comes with a 5/5 body. If the goal is repeatable legend theft specifically, there's no true budget equivalent — the effect is unique enough that you either run Willow Satyr or you build around a different axis entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$68.93 premium tier
At $68.93, Willow Satyr sits in premium territory almost entirely on the back of its reserved-list status and extreme scarcity — it's not a $70 card because of power level. That scarcity-driven price is stable historically, but you're paying a collector premium, not a competitive one.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.