Yavimaya Dryad
Creature — Dryad
Forestwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Forest.)
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Forest card, put it onto the battlefield tapped under target player's control, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #9279
Yavimaya Dryad puts a Forest directly onto the battlefield — tapped, but on an opponent's side if you want — while arriving as a 2/1 body with forestwalk that can threaten in the right meta. Three mana for a ramp piece that also pressures is a real rate, and the fact that Otrimi, the Ever-Playful can mutate onto it to reuse the landfall trigger or recur it from the graveyard makes it more than a one-shot spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful mutates onto Yavimaya Dryad to keep rebuying the land-to-battlefield effect, turning a one-time ramp trigger into a repeatable engine every time the stack resolves — 21% inclusion across Otrimi lists is no accident.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Yavimaya Dryad occupies the honest three-mana ramp slot: it hits the land drop immediately, the body is relevant in mutate and +1/+1 counter shells, and donating a Forest to a mana-light opponent can swing political dynamics. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but effectively invisible — three mana for a tapped land fetch is far too slow against formats running Brainstorm and Force of Will. Modern is the same story; there are faster and more flexible ramp options at every point on the curve. Yavimaya Dryad lives and dies in Commander, where its forestwalk text occasionally matters against mono-green opponents and the mutate synergy makes the creature type earn its slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Yavimaya Dryad is bulk — pick up a copy without thinking twice. Bulk ramp pieces at this price rarely spike unless a new commander breaks the forestwalk text or a reprint drives the floor even lower, so grab it when you need it and don't hold extras.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.