Will there Ever Be a Blue/Green Variant of Llanowar Elves?

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Posted on Oct. 17, 2019, 11:01 p.m. by DemonDragonJ

Llanowar Elves is one of the most iconic cards in this game, so it naturally has produced numerous variants, some of which are also mono-green and others of which are multicolored.

Among those creatures, Steward of Valeron is a green/white variant, Zhur-Taa Druid and Radha, Heir to Keld are red/green variants, and both Llanowar Dead and Deathrite Shaman are black/green variants, but there has not yet been a blue/green variant of it, so I do hope that WotC eventually prints such a card.

What does everyone else say about this? Will there eventually be a blue/green variant of Llanowar Elves ?

JANKYARD_DOG says... #2

Does Maraleaf Pixie qualify?

October 17, 2019 11:05 p.m.

Perhaps something like this?

Llanowar Merfolk

Creature - Merfolk Druid

:Add . Scry 1.

Llanowar's rivers conceal ancient magic, wielded by merfolk who stray from the sea.

2/2

October 18, 2019 3:09 a.m.

SP3CTR3_chelts says... #4

There are actually quite a few along those lines (excluding the creatures that tap for one of any color or one of any color a land could produce/untap land):

U/G that tap for U/G:

Gyre Engineer

Avid Reclaimer

Maraleaf Pixie

U/G that taps for mana:

Weaver of Currents

G that tapps for U/G/X:

Noble Hierarch

Rattleclaw Mystic

Urborg Elf

Taps for U:

Sea Scryer

Silver Myr

I'm sure there are more

October 18, 2019 6:23 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #5

Mj3913, SP3CTR3_chelts, I completely forgot about Maraleaf Pixie and Gyre Engineer , because of how new they are.; if I had remembered them, I would not have even needed to make this thread.

October 18, 2019 5:20 p.m.

SP3CTR3_chelts says... #6

fair enough, I would be interested in a 1 cost green card that tapped for 1 blue or vise versa. Kind of like Avacyn's Pilgrim

October 19, 2019 11:02 a.m.

JANKYARD_DOG says... #7

SP3CTR3_chelts missed the opportunity in Ixalan for a merfolk that produced .

October 19, 2019 1:42 p.m.

SP3CTR3_chelts says... #8

Mj3913 agreed! I was kinda hoping for one in rivals when ixaln had come out. Maybe even a restricted one Like:

Imaginative name {G}

creature - merfolk

{T}: Add U . Spend this mana only to cast a merfolk spell.

0/1

October 21, 2019 3:42 a.m.

DemonDragonJ says... #9

SP3CTR3_chelts, why is Noble Hierarch so much more expensive than is Urborg Elf ? Do exalted and its lower mana cost really make that much of a difference?

October 21, 2019 9:53 p.m.

They really do, the lower mana cost generally means you can win a turn earlier in combo decks and be that much more aggressive in other decks. In addition the exalted enables threats that would not normally pressure a player to pressure there lifetotal especially in duplicats.

for example in my deck my turn 2 win requires a Noble Hierarch or a Birds of Paradise .( Leyline of Abundance on the battlefield to start turn 1 land into NH/BoP turn 2 land into Freed from the Real

Having said that Noble Hierarch is not needed to make a fun playable deck. However, I would recommend Arbor Elf over Urborg Elf as he can still untapp breeding pools and the reduced mana cost is very important.

October 22, 2019 4:17 a.m.

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