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Gyre Sage
Price$1.13 – $4.49
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Gyre Sage

{1}{G}

Creature — Elf Druid

LegalRampRank #826

Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.)

{T}: Add {G} for each +1/+1 counter on this creature.

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KeywordsEvolve

Why is this card good?

Gyre Sage is a ramp engine that scales explosively in the right deck. A 2-mana dork that taps for one green early, but evolve quickly stacks counters, and suddenly you're tapping for 4, 5, 6+ green mana off a single creature. The trick is that mana scales with counters, not just evolve — so any +1/+1 counter synergy supercharges it. It's a natural fit in +1/+1 counter decks (Ezuri, Vorel, Hamza, Pir/Toothy), where doubling and proliferate effects turn it into a one-card mana battery. It also shines in big-creature green ramp lists that consistently play larger bodies to trigger evolve. Best with Doubling Season, Hardened Scales, proliferate, and ways to protect it. When to skip it: decks with low creature counts or flat power curves won't trigger evolve reliably, leaving it a vanilla 1-mana dork. It's also fragile — any removal or board wipe sets you back hard. If you're not building around counters or big creatures, stick to Llanowar Elves and friends.

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Marwyn, the NurturerG

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Priest of TitaniaG

Elf taps for green per Elf, scalable green ramp.

Selvala, Heart of the WildsG

Taps for big green mana based on power, similar payoff.

Elvish ArchdruidG

Anthem Elf that taps for green equal to Elf count.

Incubation DruidG

Mana dork that can adapt counters to scale its mana output.

Llanowar TribeG

Elf druid producing three green for ramp.

Devoted DruidG

Untapping druid enabling large green mana with counters.

Printings (5)

ficFinal Fantasy Commander · #306R$1.13Buy
mocMarch of the Machine Commander · #300R$4.49Buy
micMidnight Hunt Commander · #140R$4.48Buy
gk2RNA Guild Kit · #112R$2.19Buy
gtcGatecrash · #123R$1.79Buy

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