Dryad's Caress
Dryad's Caress: Instant, Ravnica: City of Guilds. You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {4}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Instant
- Colour identity
- White and green (WG)
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV)
- Released
- 2005-10-07
- Collector number
- 160
- Artist
- Randy Gallegos
- Commander rank
- 26,587 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Dryad's Caress
Dryad's Caress is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common white and green instant from Ravnica: City of Guilds (RAV), an expansion set released in October 2005. It is collector number 160 in that set, with art by Randy Gallegos. It costs {4}{G}{G} (four generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. Its colour identity is white and green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. Ravnica: City of Guilds is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.17 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
You gain 1 life for each creature on the battlefield. If {W} was spent to cast this spell, untap all creatures you control.
"I awoke to the face of beauty, my body fully healed. In that moment I knew my destiny was the Conclave's to shape." -Rogad, Selesnya initiate
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.17 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Dryad's Caress by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Dryad's Caress, newest first.
- The spell checks on resolution to see if any mana of the stated color was spent to pay its cost. It doesn’t matter how much mana of that color was spent.
- If the spell is copied (such as with Twincast), the copy will never have had mana of the stated color paid for it, no matter what colors were spent on the original spell.
Similar cards
Other instant cards with a white and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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