Ancient Greenwarden
Creature — Elemental
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
You may play lands from your graveyard.
If a land entering causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
*When the ruins awakened, so did their defenses.*
Power/Toughness: 5/7
Set
Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander
Rarity
Mythic Rare
Mana Value
6
Artist
Grzegorz Rutkowski
Collector #
186
Why Play Ancient Greenwarden
Lands-matter decks gain incredible value from both of Ancient Greenwarden's abilities, turning every fetch land activation into multiple triggers while providing inevitability through graveyard land recursion. The double landfall trigger effect creates explosive turns with cards like Omnath, Locus of Creation or Scute Swarm, often generating overwhelming board presence or life totals. Playing lands from your graveyard ensures you hit land drops in the late game while enabling powerful interactions with sacrifice outlets and strip mine effects in eternal formats.Format Notes
Commander represents Ancient Greenwarden's strongest showing, where the slower pace allows its six-mana cost to be reasonable while maximizing the impact of its repeatable effects over longer games. Modern and Pioneer occasionally see it in specialized Titania, Protector of Argoth or Amulet Titan builds, though the competitive viability remains fringe due to the mana cost. Legacy and Vintage applications exist primarily in Lands decks that can abuse the graveyard land recursion alongside Life from the Loam engines.Combos & Synergies
Fetch lands become incredible value engines, providing two landfall triggers while filling the graveyard with lands to replay later. Omnath, Locus of Creation pairs exceptionally well, doubling up on card draw, life gain, and damage triggers for overwhelming incremental advantage. Crucible of Worlds effects stack beautifully, while Scute Swarm creates exponential token generation with the doubled landfall triggers from a single land drop.Featured in These Decks
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