Orchard Strider

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Orchard Strider: Creature - Treefolk, Foundations Jumpstart. When this creature enters, create two Food tokens. Basic landcycling 1G. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{G}{G}
Mana value
6
Type
Creature - Treefolk
Colour identity
Green (G)
Power / toughness
6/4
Rarity
Common
Set
Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
Released
2024-11-15
Collector number
694
Artist
Raoul Vitale
Commander rank
11,852 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Basic landcycling, Cycling, Food, Landcycling, Typecycling

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About Orchard Strider

Orchard Strider is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 694 in that set, with art by Raoul Vitale. It costs {4}{G}{G} (four generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 6/4 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Modern Horizons 2 (2021) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.27 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, create two Food tokens. (They're artifacts with "{2}, {T}, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")

Basic landcycling {1}{G} ({1}{G}, Discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.27 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Orchard Strider by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
PauperLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Pauper CommanderLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Orchard Strider

Orchard Strider has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #253Common2023
Modern Horizons 2 (MH2) #169Common2021

Official rulings

Five official rulings apply to Orchard Strider, newest first.

  • Food is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some creatures, it's never a creature type.
  • Whatever you do, don't eat the delicious cards.
  • You can't sacrifice a Food to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Food token to activate its own ability and also to activate Maraleaf Rider's ability.
  • Typecycling is a form of cycling. Any ability that triggers on a card being cycled also triggers on a card being typecycled. Any ability that stops a cycling ability from being activated also stops a typecycling ability from being activated.
  • Unlike the normal cycling ability, typecycling doesn't allow you to draw a card. Rather, it lets you search your library for a card with the type or types indicated by the ability name. For example, a card with basic landcycling lets you search for a basic land card, and a card with Wizardcycling lets you search for a Wizard card.

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