Elderwood Scion
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Magic: The Gathering
Mana cost
Planechase 2012PC2 · #88
- Card type
- Creature — Elemental
- Rarity
- Rare
- Indicative price
- 0.40 € · 0.32 $
- Mana value
- 5
- Power
- 4
- Toughness
- 4
- Colour
- White Green
Card text
Trample, lifelink Spells you cast that target this creature cost less to cast. Spells your opponents cast that target this creature cost more to cast.
Format legality
- CommanderLegal
- DuelLegal
- LegacyLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
- VintageLegal
Legalities follow the imported catalogue; check format rules before a tournament.
Data imported on 2026-10-06 (UTC).
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Printing information
- Illustrator
- Nils Hamm
- Card language
- English
- Release date
- 2012-06-01
Flavour text
The Sunbriar druids believe that every life begins in its heart and ends under its hooves.
Rulings
Aura spells require a target when they are cast. Elderwood Scion’s cost-reduction ability will affect Aura spells cast targeting it.
Elderwood Scion’s cost-reduction ability can apply to any cost of a spell, including additional or alternative costs.
Elderwood Scion’s cost-reduction ability can’t reduce the colored mana requirement of a spell.
None of Elderwood Scion’s abilities affect abilities that target it.
Spells you cast that target Elderwood Scion will cost less to cast even if those spells have additional targets. The same is true for spells your opponents cast costing more.
