I like the original Art work the best of all of them. (The one from Alpha, Beta, Unlimited, Revised, and 4th edition).
For some reason they put a sword on this one...Who attacks with these?
Jagyr_Ebonwood_02
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(8 votes)
For some reason they put a sword on this one...Who attacks with these?
In a game the other day my opponent got mana-screwed and had no defenses, so for several turns I pinged away at him with a Puppeteer, another card that should never be used for attacking. Both of us were ashamed - me because that was the best offense I could muster, and him because it actually brought him down to 12 from 20.
sir_dwar
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
A classic, and a very good one at that.
ratchet1215
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(6 votes)
I agree, classic card that will always be functional and welcome in many a green deck.
PaladinOfSunhome
★★☆☆☆ (2.9/5.0)(8 votes)
Very handy card for Green mana fast and cheap too.
3.5
ObsessedAddict
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(8 votes)
Turn 1 Forest, tap, Llanowar Elves.
IMO, most overused 1st turn ever. And for good reason, too. Llanowar elves is epic.
redwinedrummer
★★★★☆ (4.1/5.0)(5 votes)
Staple of green decks. Efficient mana acceleration.
Omnibeing
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
I'm new to magic so please forgive my ignorance in advance. I was wondering where the green land card comes from when you use the ability of Llanowar Elves. Do you get the mana from your library and if you do I would imagine you woulld have to shuffle the deck, right? Or do you have a side deck of extra mana that you pull from just for purposes of using this card? The final option that makes sense to me is the card simply allows you to play an additional green land if you have a land to play that is already in your hand. Any clarification on this subject is gratefully appreciated.
Bauble
★★★★☆ (4.3/5.0)(6 votes)
@Omnibeing, No, you do not use any lands when you tap this card for mana. Think of it this way: you have a pool of mana that is emptied every turn. You tap lands to add mana to that pool. Tapping this card adds mana to the pool, just as it does when you tap a land, so this card, in itself, becomes a "land" when you tap it for mana. Hope that helps. (:
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Good old Llanowar Elves. Always reliable. 4.5/5
Qazior
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(2 votes)
Works wonders in my druid deck, i can have 3rd turn mana reflection so on fourth turn i have 14 mana to use (noone says anything about infinite mana combos)
Llanowar elves is one of the greens legends of all time, one of the most greeniest card ever 5/5
VirtueVsVice
★★★☆☆ (3.6/5.0)(4 votes)
This deserves 5/5 easily. One of the most, if not the most, versatile and useful (nonland) cards of all time! It's value is obvious even to those who rarely use {G} (like me).
6/5
*Tap* = {G}
=)
John-Bender
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(3 votes)
If your using a a deck of any kind that has green in it there is no reason at least one of these shouldn't be in there.
Llanowar Elves are more useful than Birds of Paradise in a lot of cases, especially in elf/druid decks. I have the old 5th edition Lannies, and I use them in every green deck I have. Now, if only they had haste.....
Mode
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This is of course a very nostagic one-drop and useful mana-accel, but i'm amazed by the fact that this card is in M10 nontheless:
Aside from this card, Relentless Rats is the only creature in M10 which also represents more than one creature, a horde as one unit. It makes a whole lot more sense here.
They were not afraid to exclude some card that very believed to get reprinted in the Corse Sets forever, such as Grizzly Bears. These were replaced by a single Runeclaw Bear. Admittedly the reason for this here was also that Grizzly Bears were not considered magical enough.
But having multiple creatures representing a single card with low power/toughness appears to be outdated nontheless - Scathe Zombies didn't get reprinted either and were replaced for Warpath Ghoul. This guy on the other hand is superior to them, so this still isn't any certain proof of this inconsistency.
But Llanowar Elves always only had a single Elf in the artwork, therefore most people never associated this card with a couple of elves in the first place. (In the Magic Battlegrounds video game, it's also only a single elf which appears when you cast the spell.)
gcilley
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
@Bauble: Sry but you misstated it a bit. Your mana pool is emptied after every phase. Also, Llanowar Elves does not become a land at all. A creature is a creature and only a creature unless the card says otherwise.
@Omnibeing: Your confusion is about the definition of "Land" and "Mana". Land is a card type. Mana is the 'currency' of MTG... Most spells are cast by paying mana equal to their casting cost. Land is the most common source of Mana. In addition, there are numerous cards other than lands which provide mana. Check out Dark Ritual or Black Lotus. Llanowar Elves is another good example.
Ichorix
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(3 votes)
One of my first playsets of an actually useful card, and the cornerstone of my first deck with anything approximating a mana curve. Ahh, the memories :).
Gaussgoat
★★☆☆☆ (2.7/5.0)(3 votes)
I may have seen this card summoned more than any other creature in the history of Magic. I've been playing since the days of revised, and this guy always manages to make an appearance. Solid mana producer, somewhat overshadowed by other cards now.
4/5
keithio
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(5 votes)
I'd tap that.
Temple_Garden
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Mana acceleration, a creature that's not behind the curve (the way MTG is heading this probably won't be the case in future), fills the turn 1 drop better than most cards and has two useful tribes. I never regret a turn 1 Llanowar Elves, even when I'm not playing elves. One of magic's original creatures has been balanced since day 1 and continues through today, (how did Utopia tree beat this card in a vote? Seriously?).
For obvious reasons, this isn't a Legendary creature, but really, we all know it is. I pretty much mulligan if I don't have a Forest and a Llanowar Elves. I love third turn Fyndhorn Elder.
Why would anyone use this? It's fairly early in the game, you should have already gone on the offensive with something like Scryb Sprites. I don't think I've ever used this- there's a reason it's common.
mant1989
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(1 vote)
basic and simple. good for every elf deck and most green decks. i would rather have aBirds of Paradise in a multi color deck but he ramps well with other elves.
Comments (29)
For some reason they put a sword on this one...Who attacks with these?
In a game the other day my opponent got mana-screwed and had no defenses, so for several turns I pinged away at him with a Puppeteer, another card that should never be used for attacking. Both of us were ashamed - me because that was the best offense I could muster, and him because it actually brought him down to 12 from 20.
3.5
IMO, most overused 1st turn ever. And for good reason, too. Llanowar elves is epic.
No, you do not use any lands when you tap this card for mana. Think of it this way: you have a pool of mana that is emptied every turn. You tap lands to add mana to that pool. Tapping this card adds mana to the pool, just as it does when you tap a land, so this card, in itself, becomes a "land" when you tap it for mana. Hope that helps. (:
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Good old Llanowar Elves. Always reliable. 4.5/5
Llanowar elves is one of the greens legends of all time, one of the most greeniest card ever 5/5
6/5
*Tap* = {G}
=)
I have the old 5th edition Lannies, and I use them in every green deck I have. Now, if only they had haste.....
Aside from this card, Relentless Rats is the only creature in M10 which also represents more than one creature, a horde as one unit. It makes a whole lot more sense here.
They were not afraid to exclude some card that very believed to get reprinted in the Corse Sets forever, such as Grizzly Bears.
These were replaced by a single Runeclaw Bear.
Admittedly the reason for this here was also that Grizzly Bears were not considered magical enough.
But having multiple creatures representing a single card with low power/toughness appears to be outdated nontheless - Scathe Zombies didn't get reprinted either and were replaced for Warpath Ghoul. This guy on the other hand is superior to them, so this still isn't any certain proof of this inconsistency.
But Llanowar Elves always only had a single Elf in the artwork, therefore most people never associated this card with a couple of elves in the first place.
(In the Magic Battlegrounds video game, it's also only a single elf which appears when you cast the spell.)
@Omnibeing: Your confusion is about the definition of "Land" and "Mana". Land is a card type. Mana is the 'currency' of MTG... Most spells are cast by paying mana equal to their casting cost. Land is the most common source of Mana. In addition, there are numerous cards other than lands which provide mana. Check out Dark Ritual or Black Lotus. Llanowar Elves is another good example.
4/5
Turn two: Forest ->Harrow/Cultivate ->Plains
Turn Tree: Plains ->BANESLAYER ANGEL!!!!
Baneslayer Angel at turn three, cute good, isn't it? Your opponent hasn't got a very long time to kill Baneslayer Angel...
Turn 2: Fyndhorn Elder
Turn 3: Craw Wurm