Yavimaya Granger
Creature — Elf
Echo (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, you may search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #16280
Yavimaya Granger enters, fetches a basic land to the battlefield tapped, and replaces itself with a card draw on death — three functions on a three-mana 2/2 with echo. The echo cost is the only real friction, and in any deck that can pay it or sacrifice the Granger before it comes due, that friction disappears.
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 Yavimaya Granger earns its keep — the combination of enters-the-battlefield ramp and a death trigger that replaces itself maps cleanly onto green creature-based strategies that want bodies on the board and cards in hand. In Pauper, it competes in a denser field of efficient common ramp, but the built-in card draw on death keeps it relevant in slower builds. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the echo cost and vanilla stats don't come close to the efficiency bar in those formats. Yavimaya Granger is a Commander and Pauper card, full stop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Yavimaya Granger is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. That price is stable; there's no scarcity or spike risk for a common with this profile.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.