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Arbor Elf
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Arbor Elf

{G}

Creature — Elf Druid

LegalRank #596

{T}: Untap target Forest.

1/1

Why is this card good?

Arbor Elf is one of the best one-drop mana dorks in green, and the reason is subtle: it untaps a Forest rather than tapping for generic mana. That distinction matters with Utopia Sprawl or Wild Growth — enchant a Forest, then untap it with Arbor Elf for a net two or even three mana off a single creature. Even without enchantments, it's a strict turn-one ramp piece that accelerates you to turn-two three-drops. It's premium in any green deck that wants fast, explosive starts: Elfball/elf tribal, big-mana stompy, voltron, and ramp-into-bombs builds. Decks running dual lands and shocks with the Forest type get extra mileage, since it works off any Forest-typed land. Two caveats. It needs an actual Forest in play to do anything, so heavily multicolor or nonbasic-heavy manabases can leave it dead. And it's fragile — any board wipe or removal sets your ramp back. But for mono-green and green-heavy decks, it's an auto-include over slower dorks.

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Birds of ParadiseG

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Utopia SprawlG

Enchant Forest pairs perfectly with Arbor Elf for explosive mana.

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Printings (7)

sldSecret Lair Drop · #1317R$17.76Buy
ltcTales of Middle-earth Commander · #232C$0.40Buy
pw21Wizards Play Network 2021 · #1R$0.50Buy
plstThe List · #A25-160C$0.38Buy
a25Masters 25 · #160C$0.90Buy
m13Magic 2013 · #160C$0.48Buy
wwkWorldwake · #95C$0.49Buy

Played by these commanders

Galadriel, Elven-Queen100% of 1

Combos (8)

  • Elvish Guidance + Arbor Elf + Staff of Domination

    → Infinite card draw, Infinite draw triggers, Infinite green mana

  • Elvish Guidance + Arbor Elf + Umbral Mantle

    → Infinite green mana, Infinitely large creature until end of turn, Infinite untap of creatures you control

  • Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl + Freed from the Real

    → Infinite green mana, Infinite mana Forests you control can produce

  • Elvish Guidance + Arbor Elf + Sword of the Paruns

    → Infinite green mana, Infinite untap of creatures you control, Infinite mana creatures you control can produce

  • Arbor Elf + Utopia Sprawl + Pemmin's Aura

    → Infinite green mana, Infinite mana Forests you control can produce

  • Arbor Elf + Freed from the Real + Fertile Ground

    → Infinite colored mana

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