Suppose you play one Forest per turn and play this card on turn six. You just spent all your mana, set your development back two turns (assuming you even draw into more lands), and are now the proud owner of...
One of the worst creatures in existances. Looks like a treefolk to me though, according to art and such.
Mode
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(8 votes)
I completely agree. This card is so 0,5 / 5. What did they think when they created that card? Even as a one-drop, this card would still be horrible. Sacrificing untapped Forests is even worse than just paying green mana. And even then, an Ivy Elemental with a casting cost of would be quite useless...
148master
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(8 votes)
And it's a rare to boot!
jigglefloyd
★★☆☆☆ (2.3/5.0)(3 votes)
This is the worst summon creature card in Magic. I dare someone to name a card that is worse.
True_Mumin
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(8 votes)
The undefeated champion of unplayable creatures! 0,5 is too much for this jank.
Rainyday2012
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
The only reason this is better than Sorrow's Path is that you can theoretically win with it. Against an opponent who does nothing, this wins the game. Sorrow's Path has an extremely marginal combat trick ability that damages you and your creatures and that will never be benificial for you because it's a land, so they'll see it coming. It also doesn't tap for mana. >_<
gasimakos1
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
why isn't there an option to vote 0.0/5?
Belz_
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
My favorite bad Magic card. Who wouldn't want to play a 0/0 for 4 mana that forces you to destroy whatever mana base you have left to make it a... what ? A 3/3 ? Wow, awesome!
Dr_Draco
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(5 votes)
You know how bad Wood Elemental is?? Even the designer regrets it...
----------- Legends was a great project to work on. If I had a chance to do it over again there are definitely things I would change -- casting costs of Legend characters, Wood Elemental, and few others. But overall it was a pretty darn good effort. -----------
ratchet1215
★★★★☆ (4.9/5.0)(14 votes)
This has got to be the most ***-poor green creature in history. Just looking at it actually makes me angry.
AAARRRUUUUGHGHGHGH
It's just...indescribable. I didn't vote 0.5 for it immediately, if only because I was trying to figure out how to vote 0/5. I would love so much to build a deck with four of these, four Chimney Imp...it would be like watching the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space: so bad it's just beautiful.
DeviousPie
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(6 votes)
It's BOTH worse than Chimney Imp and less funny... For shame, Wood Elemental.
bhunji42
★★★☆☆ (3.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Early Harvest on turn 7 (provided you play a land each turn) would allow for a 7/7...
Zher0
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
A four-drop that is useless until turn five . . . It's good to know that creatures have come a long way since then. Now we have cards like Tarmogoyf and Baneslayer Angel. (Hey, I don't have to sacrifice untapped Forests for either of those!)
SwordSkill
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(7 votes)
Why you all guys are making such awful comments about a #@$#$% creature? Come to think of it.. What is you have 10 land putted by Rampant Growth or Harrow?
you can sacrifice them and put a nice 6/6 creature for 10!!!!!----- Terror,Terminate, Deathmark?!?!?! HEY!!!! WAIT A MINITE!!!!! It took sacrificing 6 lands for this! And you just kill it!?!?! You are cruel!
AgesofThunder
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(4 votes)
perhaps the worst car i've ever had the displeasure of reading. Honestly :P.
True_Smog
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
Definitely the worst creature in whole MTG.
Laguz
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(10 votes)
The fact that it's a rare makes this arguably the worst card in magic's history, and definitely the worst creature. At least Chimney Imp has a semi-beneficial ability.
It's been granted Plan 9 status though and i'm not sure that i'd be sad if i got this in a legends booster. I'd laugh and laugh.
zeyette
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(7 votes)
It has been proven time and time again that Wood Elemental, in fact, deals MORE damage than both Black Lotus AND Counterspell!
Gaussgoat
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(7 votes)
Oh man.... oh man. I am a huge fan of the Legends set and this guy just... just... oh man. He is so bad.
I have to say though... it REALLY makes me want to create a deck around him JUST to see if it would be possible to throw down a win. It would be quite the claim to fame.
.5/5
Auteur
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(5 votes)
Incredibly bad. Fungus Elemental is bad despite being a comprehensively upgraded version of this thing.
ajpinton
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I give the card an epic fail, But you can play it with elves to make it a little better. but there are much better cards out there, less you are playing around killing your lands. Wow
Ajani_is_da_man
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
*s in the lower right-hand corner are set to the number of untapped forests you sacrifice when Wood Elemental is brought into play. It's sooooooo bad.
spicayd
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
5/5.
Such a broken card.
EvilCleavage
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hahaha! Ya this card has been rated the worst creature card in all of Magic history! It definitely is a close contender! I'd definitely much rather play terra stomper!
SlickDragon
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I got redirected here when i was reading the reviews from some other awful cards, but im genuinely happy i got to see this monstrosity, since I couldnt stop laughing for about 5 minutes :) Sadly i doubt i will ever find a card this terrible in both its sheer uselessness, and amazing effort in accelerating your own demise. Chimney Imp atleast has a good ability, and is just moronically expensive.
Artsy_Wumpus
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(7 votes)
If your green deck only has 59 cards, and you don't own/can't borrow any other cards, why not?
C4rl0wn463
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0)(12 votes)
*In a VERY lucky, perfect situation.*
*On the draw* 1) *8 cards in hand, after your draw step*- Forest -> Llanowar Elves *6 cards in hand. Elves and Forest on field* 2) *7 in hand*- Forest -> Harrow(Switch forest for forest+Plains)-> Rampant Growth(Island) *4 in hand. 2 Forests, 1 Plains, 1 Island, 1 Llanowar Elves on field* 3) *5 in hand*- Harrow(Tap Plains,Island, Forest-Switch Forest for Forest+Plains)-> Harrow(Tap Forest, Plains, Llanowar Elves-Switch Forest for Forest+Plains)-> Harrow(Tap 2 Forest+Plains-Switch Forest for Forest+Island)-> Rampant Growth(Tap Island+Forest for Island) *1 card in hand-3 Islands, 3 Plains, 3 Forest, 1 Llanowar Elves (ALL TAPPED) on battlefield* 4) *2 in hand*- Clarion Ultimatum(Tap 2 Islands+3 Plains+2 Forests for 3 Forests+1 Island+ 1 Plains) *1 in hand. Battlefield: 3 Islands tapped, 1 untapped. 4 Plains tapped. 5 Forests tapped, 1 untapped. 1 untapped Elf* 5) *2 in hand*- Scapeshift(Sacrifice all lands for 14 Forests) *1 in hand. 14 tapped Forests. 1 Llanowar Elf* 6) *You have two cards in your hand, after you've drawn a card. Those are Early Harvest and Wood Elemental* Tap four forests for 4 green mana. Tap three forests for Early Harvest, and untap all forest. Cast Wood Elemental, and sacrifice fourteen forests for a 14/14 on turn six. Congratulations!
*PLEASE NOTE*: This is only under absolutely perfect situations. If this would ever happen, you'd probably rather Shift into mountains for Banefire. This was only to demonstrate that Wood Elemental- bad as it is, yes- technically can be really good... XD
Sironos
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
Wow, suddenly chimney imp doesn't look so bad... He doesn't make me sacrifice untapped LANDS to cast^^. I could play a chimney imp in a casual game and still win as a way of making the victory all the sweeter, but this guy completely ruins your setup if you want to use him. I'd seriously like seeing someone play this, just to see his opponent look for the hidden camera when forests get sacrificed for +1/+1 on a 0/0 creature ^^.
Plan 9 looks oscar worthy compared to this.
Sorry. Was in a hurry when i first posted. This was just using what I had. Any static green buff can replace Kaysa, as long as it doesn't buff you opponents creatures (Gaea's Anthem is cheaper). You can also used your preferred mana ramp. I like the Gemhide Slivers because then all my changelings produce mana of any color. Nice in a dual color deck). Now, here's the POS combo Albino, don't sacrifice a forest to the beast. Now you can use your changelings to turn their creatures into a 0/0. Meanwhile, use march of the machines and your myr landshapers to eliminate their land.
If all else fails, tap the four, sacrifice your Llanowar Druid (can be replaced by early harvest) to untap your forests and then sacrifice them all. This combo kinda works in a red/green beat down with Akki Raider. You get a 4/4 and a 4/1 until end of turn. Of course, it would be nice to have a crucible of worlds, but there are other ways to get lands out of your graveyard. Then, there's always terravore.
None of these may be the best combo's in magic (they all require at least three cards and too much mana), but if you're playing a wood elemental, you're obviously not playing at tournament level.
Your comment Albino more makes me long for the olden days of magic before "meta decks" when players used a little thing like creativity to create decks to play for FUN. Having returned to magic from a long absence, I'm a disappointed to see the creativity has been stripped away - now top decks all feature Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Day of Judgment, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, etc...
BlackAlbino
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(29 votes)
i can seriously see some guy pulling this guy from a booster and committing suicide on the spot
syrazemyla
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Protip: Use Life and Limb, and sacrifice saproling tokens instead!
pixieCrack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Why was this a rare? Im sure it must have good synergy with some other card/s.
Tinkerermcmuffin
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
Use Balance after Wood Excremental (one of my fave articles in inquest) so opponents feel your pain too.
wontongsoup13
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
The only reason this card has a rating of about .78 is probably because some people didn't know you could rate cards half a star.
ClockworkSwordfish
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(5 votes)
I like how in the art, the creature visibly realizes how terrible it is.
keiyakins
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(6 votes)
I'm actually going to disagree: this is a 1.5. It's a terrible card... but the art is hilarious.
vadaaaa
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(3 votes)
if you want to hate mtg look this card more then 5 min,its reealy works
circu196
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(13 votes)
I don't know whether to rate this .5/5 or 5/5, it's so hilariously bad. Nice job, Legends designers.
achilleselbow
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
I wonder how much one of these is worth now? Does its legendary status as a pile of awful, combined with the fact that quite a few copies were likely destroyed, make it more of a collector's item?
Duskdale_Wurm
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
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Th3_Dark_On3
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(13 votes)
Alright, who rated this more than 0.5?
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(6 votes)
LOL It's A Rare. But It Makes Since If This Was A Common Can You Imagine In A Legends Draft 8 Of These Goin Around Each Table. Ridiculous
Baconradar
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(11 votes)
Absolutely the worst creature ever printed. It's miles and miles worse than aven trooper, face of fear, outcast of numai etc
SorianSadaskan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is rare.... in fact, VERY rare.... rare enough to make you lose the game in the most horrible fashion, making those who have it in their decks complete idiots.
Seriously, what was WOTC thinking when they made this? They seriously expect us to use it? I say they expect us to wipe our arghzzz with it after losing the game because of it.
Pulling this out of a booster = receiving a note saying: 'LMAO, you got RIPPED.' And Heads will roll.
metalevolence
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(30 votes)
Tommy Wiseau's The Room is to film as Wood Elemental is to Magic.
TheChurchIsHere
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Oddly enough, I feel like this card could be improved with some really awesome flavor text.
bagilis
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
one reason to buy cards individually instead of trying your luck buying an old never opened booster of an old edition
Keiya
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@achilleselbow: They sell for $1.99 NM/M condition on Star City Games but there's only 13 of them (20 if you count the SP (Though who would actually use these?) ones) so I guess you could say it's somewhat of a collector's item... Somewhat.
Opeth2010
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly better than any creature in Magic...to slip into "one of your decks" when your friend offers to play you with "one of your decks"!!! mehhehhehhehhehheh.
Richard_Hawk
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(10 votes)
We really need to petition for a 0 star option. Some cards don't deserve the 0.5 treatment, that's reserved for Aven Trooper, Viashino Skeleton, etc.
TDL
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strictly worse than Storm Crow. ...
What? Someone had to do it.
krumtheslow
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(3 votes)
just so terrible it's awesome 5 stars.
TheSwarm
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It is currently goin for 2 dollars on starcity..
Not sure why. I hope they reprint this as a common. No, as a token. Instead of a token you get a wood elemental. No, instead of rules tips, you get a wood elemental.
HolyOrdersX2
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(5 votes)
Combos well with a lighter. I can just imagine someone actually trying to play this thing:
Green player:"I'll play Wood Elemental, and sac 2 forests for a... 2/2." Blue player:"..." Green player: "Response?" Blue Player: "Well, i was going to mana drain it for insult, but I don't want to be a bigger idiot than you." Green player: =(
Fert12334
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
*People are playing a game*
*Guy1* I have 11 forests, I'll tap 4 and sacrifice 7, *Guy2* That's more expensive than Ulamog! GG! *Guy1* Okay then GG. *Guy2 shuffles his cards back into deck* *Guy1* What was that expensive card anyways? *Guy2 Shows him the card* *Guy1* OMG I HATE YOU
...This card is great for bluffs! That's the only use i could ever think for this anyways...
Absolute junk - 0.5/5
And I've always thought that too, Richard_Hawk, this card really doesn't deserve 0.5.
Rikiaz
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
5/5 just for the artwork. RUNGA RUNGA!!!!!
Psuedonaut
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Hmmm. This card may be good in one circumstance. Crucible of Worlds + Fastbond. If you can sacrifice a forest, then play it again, then tap it then sac it then play it again loop loop loop loop loop loop Infinite green mana infinite power infinite toughness.... wood elemental. If you can't... well, I tried. .......There's no way whatsoever that that'd work right? I mean.... right? Because.... you could get that out turn 4 in great conditions.... If you were running elves or some other mana ramp it wouldn't be a stretch to say you might be able to get that out turn 3.... with rancor.... Of course you can't get that out. Of course. OF course you can't. That's like turning Storm Crow into a bad card. That's like making Gleemax an actual card. That's like using Black Lotus to cast Viashino Skeleton, that's like playing form of the squirrel turn 1.....
That WILL get you infinite life and mana on turn 2, but I really don't think you can infinitely sac forests to wood elemental this way.
You can deal infinite damage with a Gruul Guildmage, or pump a Goblin Razerunners infinitely though.
Among other things.
Polychromatic
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I'd laugh and laugh if I pulled this. The laughter would turn to tears soon after, as I despaired that such a horror can exist.
dragonking987
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
combos with shredder. I can imagine what it would be like having this be your rare in a legends boaster pack do you have any idea how much those things coast?
VarteDod
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Let's see, I have 5 untapped forests. Pay and sacrifice that other forest. FEAR MY 1/1 TREE!
Equinox523
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
An untapped forest was sacrificed to print this card. Much like it's in-game stats, keeping that forest would have been better.
NeoKoda
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is seriously great in a deck with only 4 lands. Think about it, you get all your lands out, then sac them all. Brilliant. Using other creatures for mana to actually summon him, of course. Then you'd sac those creatures and concede. Honestly, the only good part of this card is that it makes an OK coaster for drinks.
EGarrett01
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(3 votes)
I'm trying to figure out what is the absolute most worthless card in magic. I have it narrowed down to Mudhole, Great Wall, Lapis Lazuli Talisman, Wood Elemental, Sorrow's Path, and Seafarer's Quay. If you draw Wood Elemental on like turn 20 you can use it to make a 3/3 creature and attack your opponent, so I have to count Wood Elemental out of the bottom 5 because it could win a game.
divine_exodus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This is why most legends cards suck.
JFM2796
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I wouldn't care if I got this from a Legends booster instead of one of those unplayable Legendary Creatures. As long as I got a Mana Drain, I'd be happy.
NuckChorris
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
The funny thing is you're all complaining about a card that can be bigger than Emrakul. Heck, back in the day I could see this card getting huge against kids who can't play cards (or anything good) for the first 5-10 turns because of their screwed up manabase. For its potential, I'll give it a four.
Radagast
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Staggeringly awful. Even back then, they should have know this thing was trash. Yes, for 3G and the sacrifice of an untapped forest, you can get a 1/1 - yeah! I suppose they had nightmares of people feeding 50 forests to this thing, but even a tiny bit of playtesting should have made it clear that it needed a lot of help... I could have forgiven them if it could have eaten any forest when cast. Than, you'd get a 4/4 creature on turn 4 for the price of all your lands. That's still terrible, but it feels right for that time period.
troji2
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(1 vote)
If you could also sacrifice tapped forests it would be broken.
I think I've done it! I've found a way to make this piece of shit useful! Ramp up until you have 10 land with Fastbond, drop Crucible of Worlds along the way, throw down an Avenger of Zendikar or two, then drop this thing and spam lands from the grave causing all of your little plants to explode into huge, stomping, ***-off creatures! I did it! After years of trying I finally found a use for this thing! Now I can die in peace.
Adromalath
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
raptorman333, this is strictly worse than almost everything.
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This really is the worst creature out there. The amount of lands you need on the field, and the amount of card advantage you need to give up to make this even passable is crazy. With seven lands on the field this will still die to a Lightning Bolt.
@Dr_Draco - That link was kinda cool...especially since it shows that Hornet Cobra was supposed to fly.
@Psuedonaut - It wouldn't work properly for two reasons: 1) This requires the sacrifice of untapped Forests. 2) Fastbond deals damage to you for each extra land you play, so unless you have infinite life, you're gonna burn yourself.
@raptorman33 - The elder is much better than this pile of crap...turn 2 2/2 is average for Green, but it'll get much bigger so much faster. Harrow, Bountiful Realms, etc make the elder a much better option.
@TheWrathofShane - Still bad, yeah, but quite a bit more playable than this (especially since you could sac tapped Forests).
Morgaledh
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(1 vote)
My God, the art looks like Nazi-era anti-semitic propaganda.
GrimjawxRULES
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Just look at it! That insidious look in its eyes! Fear the Wood Elemental!
Eluem
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combos with Animate Land + Mirrorweave + any infinte creature combo. inf/inf Wood Elemental.
Hunter06
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The art is subliminally telling you to sack at least four forests as to make him bigger than soldiers... how bout no... .5/5 Stars
BigBer
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Only Vorthos could like this card: it's a single elemental made by slapping a lot of Forests together.
But even he cannot forgive how bad it is.
laocoon3.0
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
So broken. Turn 1 Black Lotus, Horn of Greed, Forest, Fastbond, 19 more Forests, Bountiful Harvest, 20 more forests, Wood Elemental (sacrifice 20 forests), Necropouncer, equip, and swing for lethal. For those counting, you should have exactly enough cards to do this if you always draw the opening hand with the right pieces. Try it at your local vintage tournament! Sideboard plans include: 59 forests, Black Lotus, and your choice of Lost in the Woods or Witchbane Orb. Easy 5 stars.
I don't understand the flavor of this card. I'd expect that a forest elemental would want to protect forests. Wood Elemental doesn't help you unless your forests DIE! What is up with that?!
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...a vanilla 2/2. Cough. Boy am I glad I didn't spend that turn playing Force of Nature or Ancient Silverback or Nacatl War-Pride or Autumn Willow or Verdeloth the Ancient or Silvos, Rogue Elemental or Quagnoth or Arctic Nishoba or Craw Wurm or Rhox.
What did they think when they created that card?
Even as a one-drop, this card would still be horrible.
Sacrificing untapped Forests is even worse than just paying green mana.
And even then, an Ivy Elemental with a casting cost of
http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtgcom/feature/115
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Legends was a great project to work on. If I had a chance to do it over again there are definitely things I would change -- casting costs of Legend characters, Wood Elemental, and few others. But overall it was a pretty darn good effort.
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AAARRRUUUUGHGHGHGH
It's just...indescribable. I didn't vote 0.5 for it immediately, if only because I was trying to figure out how to vote 0/5. I would love so much to build a deck with four of these, four Chimney Imp...it would be like watching the movie Plan 9 from Outer Space: so bad it's just beautiful.
For shame, Wood Elemental.
It's good to know that creatures have come a long way since then. Now we have cards like Tarmogoyf and Baneslayer Angel. (Hey, I don't have to sacrifice untapped Forests for either of those!)
you can sacrifice them and put a nice 6/6 creature for 10!!!!!----- Terror,Terminate, Deathmark?!?!?! HEY!!!! WAIT A MINITE!!!!! It took sacrificing 6 lands for this! And you just kill it!?!?! You are cruel!
It's been granted Plan 9 status though and i'm not sure that i'd be sad if i got this in a legends booster. I'd laugh and laugh.
I have to say though... it REALLY makes me want to create a deck around him JUST to see if it would be possible to throw down a win. It would be quite the claim to fame.
.5/5
*s in the lower right-hand corner are set to the number of untapped forests you sacrifice when Wood Elemental is brought into play.
It's sooooooo bad.
Such a broken card.
*On the draw*
1) *8 cards in hand, after your draw step*- Forest -> Llanowar Elves *6 cards in hand. Elves and Forest on field*
2) *7 in hand*- Forest -> Harrow(Switch forest for forest+Plains)-> Rampant Growth(Island) *4 in hand. 2 Forests, 1 Plains, 1 Island, 1 Llanowar Elves on field*
3) *5 in hand*- Harrow(Tap Plains,Island, Forest-Switch Forest for Forest+Plains)-> Harrow(Tap Forest, Plains, Llanowar Elves-Switch Forest for Forest+Plains)-> Harrow(Tap 2 Forest+Plains-Switch Forest for Forest+Island)-> Rampant Growth(Tap Island+Forest for Island) *1 card in hand-3 Islands, 3 Plains, 3 Forest, 1 Llanowar Elves (ALL TAPPED) on battlefield*
4) *2 in hand*- Clarion Ultimatum(Tap 2 Islands+3 Plains+2 Forests for 3 Forests+1 Island+ 1 Plains) *1 in hand. Battlefield: 3 Islands tapped, 1 untapped. 4 Plains tapped. 5 Forests tapped, 1 untapped. 1 untapped Elf*
5) *2 in hand*- Scapeshift(Sacrifice all lands for 14 Forests) *1 in hand. 14 tapped Forests. 1 Llanowar Elf*
6) *You have two cards in your hand, after you've drawn a card. Those are Early Harvest and Wood Elemental* Tap four forests for 4 green mana. Tap three forests for Early Harvest, and untap all forest. Cast Wood Elemental, and sacrifice fourteen forests for a 14/14 on turn six. Congratulations!
*PLEASE NOTE*: This is only under absolutely perfect situations. If this would ever happen, you'd probably rather Shift into mountains for Banefire.
This was only to demonstrate that Wood Elemental- bad as it is, yes- technically can be really good... XD
Plan 9 looks oscar worthy compared to this.
Main
4 Amoeboid Changeling
4 Shapesharer
2 Wood Elemental
2 Kaysa
4 Hawkeater Moth
2 Gemhide Sliver
2 Myr Landshaper
2 Joraga Treespeaker
2 March of the Machines
2 Llanowar Druid
2 Cancel
2 Naturalize
1 Experiment Kraj
4 Growth Spasm
13 Forest
12 Island
60 Cards
Sorry. Was in a hurry when i first posted.
This was just using what I had. Any static green buff can replace Kaysa, as long as it doesn't buff you opponents creatures (Gaea's Anthem is cheaper). You can also used your preferred mana ramp. I like the Gemhide Slivers because then all my changelings produce mana of any color. Nice in a dual color deck). Now, here's the POS combo Albino, don't sacrifice a forest to the beast. Now you can use your changelings to turn their creatures into a 0/0. Meanwhile, use march of the machines and your myr landshapers to eliminate their land.
If all else fails, tap the four, sacrifice your Llanowar Druid (can be replaced by early harvest) to untap your forests and then sacrifice them all. This combo kinda works in a red/green beat down with Akki Raider. You get a 4/4 and a 4/1 until end of turn. Of course, it would be nice to have a crucible of worlds, but there are other ways to get lands out of your graveyard. Then, there's always terravore.
None of these may be the best combo's in magic (they all require at least three cards and too much mana), but if you're playing a wood elemental, you're obviously not playing at tournament level.
Your comment Albino more makes me long for the olden days of magic before "meta decks" when players used a little thing like creativity to create decks to play for FUN. Having returned to magic from a long absence, I'm a disappointed to see the creativity has been stripped away - now top decks all feature Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Day of Judgment, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, etc...
Seriously, what was WOTC thinking when they made this? They seriously expect us to use it? I say they expect us to wipe our arghzzz with it after losing the game because of it.
Pulling this out of a booster = receiving a note saying: 'LMAO, you got RIPPED.' And Heads will roll.
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What? Someone had to do it.
Not sure why.
I hope they reprint this as a common. No, as a token. Instead of a token you get a wood elemental. No, instead of rules tips, you get a wood elemental.
Green player:"I'll play Wood Elemental, and sac 2 forests for a... 2/2."
Blue player:"..."
Green player: "Response?"
Blue Player: "Well, i was going to mana drain it for insult, but I don't want to be a bigger idiot than you."
Green player: =(
*Guy1* I have 11 forests, I'll tap 4 and sacrifice 7,
*Guy2* That's more expensive than Ulamog! GG!
*Guy1* Okay then GG.
*Guy2 shuffles his cards back into deck*
*Guy1* What was that expensive card anyways?
*Guy2 Shows him the card*
*Guy1* OMG I HATE YOU
...This card is great for bluffs!
That's the only use i could ever think for this anyways...
Absolute junk - 0.5/5
And I've always thought that too, Richard_Hawk, this card really doesn't deserve 0.5.
Crucible of Worlds + Fastbond. If you can sacrifice a forest, then play it again, then tap it then sac it then play it again loop loop loop loop loop loop Infinite green mana infinite power infinite toughness.... wood elemental.
If you can't... well, I tried.
.......There's no way whatsoever that that'd work right? I mean.... right? Because.... you could get that out turn 4 in great conditions.... If you were running elves or some other mana ramp it wouldn't be a stretch to say you might be able to get that out turn 3.... with rancor....
Of course you can't get that out. Of course. OF course you can't. That's like turning Storm Crow into a bad card. That's like making Gleemax an actual card. That's like using Black Lotus to cast Viashino Skeleton, that's like playing form of the squirrel turn 1.....
Turn 2: forest, Crucible of Worlds, Fastbond, Zuran Orb
That WILL get you infinite life and mana on turn 2, but I really don't think you can infinitely sac forests to wood elemental this way.
You can deal infinite damage with a Gruul Guildmage, or pump a Goblin Razerunners infinitely though.
Among other things.
Trample
When ~ comes into play, sacrifice any number of forests
*/* = Forests sacrificed this way.
This would have been playable, but still bad. Would have been an inspiring rare for legends and won a few games.
"We're never reprinting the Power 9 or the original dual lands."
"NO! That's so unreasonable!"
"We're also never reprinting Wood Elemental."
"....Okay, I forgive you now."
Lapis Lazuli Talisman can be a combo maker(make a land tap for 9 mana using Fertile Grounds or Mana Reflection effects, then cast Capsize forever).
Sorrow's Path is actually kind of funny if you use it with Velkadan Plotter and Mind over Matter to kill an opponent.
I can't find a combo or a hoser for Seafarer's Quay or Great Wall. I guess since I'm counting Mudhole as a hoser for Worm Harvest, I should count Great Wall as a hoser for Aysen Highway.
@Psuedonaut - It wouldn't work properly for two reasons:
1) This requires the sacrifice of untapped Forests.
2) Fastbond deals damage to you for each extra land you play, so unless you have infinite life, you're gonna burn yourself.
@raptorman33 - The elder is much better than this pile of crap...turn 2 2/2 is average for Green, but it'll get much bigger so much faster. Harrow, Bountiful Realms, etc make the elder a much better option.
@TheWrathofShane - Still bad, yeah, but quite a bit more playable than this (especially since you could sac tapped Forests).
.5/5 Stars
But even he cannot forgive how bad it is.