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Woodfall Primus

Creature — Treefolk Shaman

Trample
When this creature enters, destroy target noncreature permanent.
Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1 counter on it.)

CMC
8
Mana cost
{5}{G}{G}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
Price
$0.37
EDHREC rank
#3801
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Woodfall Primus card art
Woodfall Primus enters and destroys a noncreature permanent, then does it again when persist returns it from the graveyard — that's two removal triggers stapled to a 6/6 trampler. Eight mana is steep, but any deck that cheats it into play or blinks it repeatedly gets full value; Fangorn, Tree Shepherd and haste enablers like Rhythm of the Wild make the cost irrelevant.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Fangorn, Tree Shepherd

Fangorn, Tree Shepherd

76.0% of decks · synergy 0.73

Fangorn, Tree Shepherd cares deeply about tapped Forests and big Treefolk, and Woodfall Primus checks both boxes while bringing a land-destruction trigger that clears the way for Fangorn's attacks — it appears in over 76% of Fangorn decks for good reason.

02
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre

40.5% of decks · synergy 0.37

Henzie "Toolbox" Torre's blitz ability discounts Woodfall Primus and puts it into the graveyard at end of turn, but persist means it comes back — effectively buying two separate destroy triggers for less than full cost.

03
Mayael the Anima

Mayael the Anima

24.6% of decks · synergy 0.24

Mayael the Anima flips Woodfall Primus into play for free off her activated ability, turning an eight-mana creature into a no-mana removal spell that also attacks as a 6/6 trample.

04
Doran, the Siege Tower

Doran, the Siege Tower

22.4% of decks · synergy 0.20

Doran, the Siege Tower makes every creature fight with its toughness, and Woodfall Primus becomes a 9-power attacker under that effect — pair that with persist recursion and you have a repeatable threat that also strips opponents' key permanents.

05
Treebeard, Gracious Host

Treebeard, Gracious Host

20.2% of decks · synergy 0.20

Treebeard, Gracious Host generates Food tokens that enable a steady stream of life gain triggers, and Woodfall Primus fits the Treefolk tribal shell while providing the kind of noncreature removal the archetype otherwise lacks.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Woodfall Primus does its best work — three opponents means three noncreature permanents to blow up across two persist triggers, and the format's abundance of reanimation, blink, and cheat-into-play effects turn eight mana into a formality. In Legacy and Vintage, it's legal but sees essentially no play; the format speed means an eight-mana creature that doesn't win on the spot is just a target. Modern is the same story — Woodfall Primus is legal and ignored, outclassed by cheaper, faster threats. Oathbreaker follows Commander's logic closely enough that the same shell strategies apply, though the 20-life total makes racing more relevant than grinding out removal triggers.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

177 decks
Viscera SeerWoodfall PrimusThran Vigil

Viscera SeerWoodfall PrimusThran Vigil

Destroy any number of noncreature permanents; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1; Lock

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Price Context

Current price

$0.37 bulk tier

At $0.37, Woodfall Primus is deep bulk — a card with genuine combo potential and a 76% inclusion rate in its best deck sitting at the price of a draft throwaway. That gap exists because it sees almost no competitive play outside Commander, which keeps supply high; don't expect the price to move unless a new reanimator or persist combo breaks through.

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