Wildgrowth Walker
Wildgrowth Walker: Creature - Elemental, Ixalan. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{G}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Elemental
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/3
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan (XLN)
- Released
- 2017-09-29
- Collector number
- 216
- Artist
- Ryan Alexander Lee
- Commander rank
- 12,998 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Explore
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About Wildgrowth Walker
Wildgrowth Walker is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Ixalan (XLN), an expansion set released in September 2017. It is collector number 216 in that set, with art by Ryan Alexander Lee. It costs {1}{G} (one generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 1/3 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. Ixalan is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Whenever a creature you control explores, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature and you gain 3 life.
"Hear me, stone, root, branch: be the fist of this land. Turn back those who trample upon your domain." -Song of the Shaper
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (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 Wildgrowth Walker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Wildgrowth Walker, newest first.
- If a creature leaves the battlefield before an effect instructs it to explore, it still explores. Effects that trigger when a creature you control explores, such as that of Wildgrowth Walker, trigger if appropriate.
- If Wildgrowth Walker leaves the battlefield while its triggered ability is on the stack, you won’t put a +1/+1 counter on anything but you will gain 3 life.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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