Bloodbraid Elf
Bloodbraid Elf: Creature - Elf Berserker, Foundations Jumpstart. Haste. Cascade. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{G}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Elf Berserker
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 743
- Artist
- Raymond Swanland
- Commander rank
- 4,796 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Haste, Cascade
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About Bloodbraid Elf
Bloodbraid Elf is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon red and green creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 743 in that set, with art by Raymond Swanland. It costs {2}{R}{G} (two generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 15 sets, from Alara Reborn (2009) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.25 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Haste (This creature can attack and {T} as soon as it comes under your control.)
Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.25 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Bloodbraid Elf by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of Bloodbraid Elf
Bloodbraid Elf has been printed in 15 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Modern Horizons 3 Commander (M3C) #256 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| Historic Anthology 7 (HA7) #16 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Countdown (SLC) #2009 | Rare | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #184 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Double Masters 2022 (2X2) #373 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) #839 | Uncommon | 2022 |
| Time Spiral Remastered (TSR) #372 | Special | 2021 |
| The List (PLST) #PCA-84 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Planechase Anthology (PCA) #84 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Commander 2016 (C16) #184 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Eternal Masters (EMA) #197 | Uncommon | 2016 |
| Planechase 2012 (PC2) #84 | Uncommon | 2012 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Bloodbraid Elf, newest first.
- If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.
- You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
- Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.
- If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.
- If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
- Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.
- A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
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