Elvish Branchbender
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
LorwynLRW · #204
- Card type
- Creature — Elf Druid
- Rarity
- Common
- Indicative price
- 0.06 € · ★ 0.68 € · 0.22 $ · ★ 1.00 $
- Mana value
- 3
- Power
- 2
- Toughness
- 2
- Colour
- Green
Card text
: Until end of turn, target Forest becomes an X/X Treefolk creature in addition to its other types, where X is the number of Elves you control.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- ModernLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- PauperLegal
- PaupercommanderLegal
- PennyLegal
- PredhLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
Indicative Scryfall prices, updated daily. ★: foil; ★ E: etched foil. EUR and USD represent different markets.
Printing information
- Illustrator
- Ralph Horsley
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2007-10-12
Flavour text
"How do the vinebred feel? Fah! We do not ask the puppet how it feels when the puppeteer bids it dance."
Rulings
If you control no Elves when the ability resolves, the Forest will become a 0/0 creature and be put into the graveyard. However, since Elvish Branchbender is itself an Elf, the Forest will usually be at least a 1/1.
The value of X is determined when the ability resolves. It won’t change later, even if the number of Elves you control changes.
A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn’t matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
