Wood Elves
Wood Elves: Creature - Elf Scout, March of the Machine Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{G}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Elf Scout
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 1/1
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander (MOC)
- Released
- 2023-04-21
- Collector number
- 316
- Artist
- Josh Hass
- Commander rank
- 690 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Build around this card with Grover
About Wood Elves
Wood Elves is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common green creature from March of the Machine Commander (MOC), a Commander product released in April 2023. It is collector number 316 in that set, with art by Josh Hass. It costs {2}{G} (two generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 1/1 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Premodern, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 24 sets, from Portal (1997) to The Hobbit (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.35 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
Every branch a crossroads, every vine a swift steed.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.35 (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 Wood Elves by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Premodern | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Wood Elves
Wood Elves has been printed in 24 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit (HOB) #142 | Common | 2026 |
| Wizards Play Network 2026 (PW26) #16 | Rare | 2026 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #2280 | Rare | 2026 |
| The List (PLST) #EXO-130 | Common | 2024 |
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #263 | Common | 2023 |
| Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #1101 | Rare | 2022 |
| 30th Anniversary Play Promos (P30A) #5 | Rare | 2022 |
| New Capenna Commander (NCC) #321 | Common | 2022 |
| Kaldheim Commander (KHC) #80 | Common | 2021 |
| Commander Anthology (CMA) #170 | Common | 2017 |
| Duel Decks: Nissa vs. Ob Nixilis (DDR) #25 | Common | 2016 |
| Commander 2015 (C15) #212 | Common | 2015 |
Official rulings
One official ruling applies to Wood Elves.
- Because the "search" requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don't have to find the card if you don't want to.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Wood Elves is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
Mentioned in these guides
These guides mention Wood Elves.