Very cool, but a few drawbacks compared to Arbor Elf and Llanowar Elves. The big one is that if you're trying to build a deck with very few forests, you totally can't keep an opening hand with her and only 1 forest. With 1 forest, you can play her, but then you're stuck. Whereas with Arbor Elf you can still get Leatherback Baloth out on turn 2.
So unless you're opening hand contains 2 forests or a forest and an Arbor Elf-ish card, you have to take a mulligan.
Posted By:
james2c19v
(2/8/2012 2:48:48 PM)
It says it gives "tap for 2 green to all elves" when its fully leveled up. Does this add to what a Llanowar already has? For example, does it turn Llanowar Elves "tap for one green mana" to "tap for 3 green mana"?
Posted By:
rikuno
(5/19/2012 12:08:12 AM)
This card is great.
Posted By:
twiddleman12
(12/5/2012 3:46:58 PM)
I AM THE LORAX I SPEAK FOR THE TREES!
Posted By:
atemu1234
(12/8/2012 10:13:36 AM)
Llanowar Elves is better for hitting 3 drops on turn 2.
This is better if you skip 3 drops and stick with 1-2 drops, then ramp into something bigger.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(5/30/2013 12:28:18 AM)
You can't say it's strictly better than anything because there's really nothing that has been printed with the same functions.
But it's quite a bit better than the 3-mana dorks (greenweaver druid and the like) and has very good upside when compared with llanowar elves. I like this card in my maelstrom wanderer EDH deck because it's a turn 1 play that can produce more than 1 mana, which helps reduce the clock on rushing Wanderer out.
Posted By:
mdakw576
(12/19/2013 12:54:52 AM)
This elf is awesome! It pays for itself on turn two and will only go on to give you more free mana, AND count towards Elvish Archdruid!! Ramp all day people!
Posted By:
DeepGreen
(2/19/2014 12:41:18 PM)