Wood Elves
Creature — Elf Scout
When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander 2014
- Price
- $0.44
- EDHREC rank
- #655
Wood Elves enters and puts a Forest directly onto the battlefield untapped — three mana for a 1/1 body plus a land that's ready to tap immediately is a real rate. It's a staple in any green deck that wants its ramp to also build a board, and Galadriel, Elven-Queen decks in particular treat it as a core piece.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Galadriel, Elven-Queen
Galadriel, Elven-Queen cares about Elves entering the battlefield, and Wood Elves delivers both a trigger and a land drop in one three-mana slot — it's doing double duty from the moment it resolves.
Nikya of the Old Ways
Nikya of the Old Ways locks out noncreature spells, so every ramp piece has to wear a creature suit — Wood Elves is exactly the kind of creature-ramp that keeps Nikya lists functional without breaking her restriction.
Yarok, the Desecrated
Yarok, the Desecrated doubles every enters-the-battlefield trigger, so Wood Elves fetches two Forests instead of one — that's five mana worth of ramp on a three-mana creature.
Roon of the Hidden Realm
Roon of the Hidden Realm blinks creatures at will, and Wood Elves is a prime blink target — each flicker refetches another Forest and keeps the land count climbing throughout the game.
Emiel the Blessed
Emiel the Blessed can bounce and replay Wood Elves repeatedly, turning each loop into another Forest entering untapped and another land drop banked for future turns.
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 |
Commander is where Wood Elves does most of its work — a 1/1 body is irrelevant in most games, but an untapped Forest stapled to it means you're up a land and up a blocker on turn three, which compounds fast in longer games. In Pauper it's a legitimate ramp option, especially in creature-heavy strategies that can't access the more efficient two-mana land fetchers. Legacy and Vintage have faster and cheaper options, so Wood Elves rarely sees competitive play there, but it's not outright unplayable in casual or budget builds of those formats. Pioneer and Standard aren't in the picture.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.44 bulk tier
At $0.44, Wood Elves is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that earns its slot in a large percentage of green Commander decks. Bulk ramp staples with this kind of broad demand tend to sit at stable floor prices, so there's no reason to overthink the acquisition.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.