Wirewood Savage
Creature — Elf
Whenever a Beast enters, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duel Decks: Garruk vs. Liliana
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #11831
Wirewood Savage turns every Beast that hits the battlefield into a free card draw, and it does it on a three-mana 2/2 body that taxes no other resources. In Beast-tribal and creature-heavy green decks, it's a must-answer engine — Slinza, the Spiked Stampede lists run it at over 70% inclusion for good reason.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede
Slinza, the Spiked Stampede floods the board with Beasts, and Wirewood Savage converts every one of those triggers into a card — the combination means an active Slinza turn regularly draws two or three cards off a single attack step.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Wirewood Savage actually lives — Beast tribal commanders turn it into a repeatable draw engine that can pull three or four cards in a single turn cycle. In Pauper it's legal and theoretically playable, but the format's speed and the scarcity of Beast payoffs leave it without a real home. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically true but practically irrelevant; no competitive shell there wants a 2/2 that draws cards only on Beast ETBs. Stick to Commander, where the card does exactly what it promises.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Wirewood Savage is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. The price reflects low casual demand outside Beast tribal, so if you need a copy it'll cost you almost nothing, and there's no meaningful floor to lose.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.