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Elvish Vanguard

First printed in Onslaught (2002)

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Elvish Vanguard

Creature — Elf Warrior

Whenever another Elf enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.

"Our lives are woven together like the trees' branches over our heads, forming a canopy that protects us all."

1/1

Illustrated by
Glen Angus

Legality

Ruling (1)

  • If Elvish Vanguard enters the battlefield at the same time as another Elf, its ability will trigger.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.81 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 31 Oct 2026).

Pauper In 18 of 2125 decks (0.8%), most in Mono Green Elves

Share of decks
0.9%
▼ 0.6 vs previous 30 days
2026-08-09: 1.3% 2026-08-16: 0.7% 2026-08-23: 0.0% 2026-08-30: 0.7% 2026-09-06: 2.0% 2026-09-13: 2.2% 2026-09-20: 0.7% 2026-09-27: 1.1% 2026-10-04: 1.2% 2026-10-11: 0.5% 2026-10-18: 0.8% 2026-10-25: 1.1%
Weekly, last 90 days
Decks
19
19 main, 0 sideboard
Avg. copies
3.5
in the main deck
Win rate
38%
0 top 8 (challenges only)

Archetypes by metagame share

Archetype Meta Play it
Mono Green Elves 4.9% 8%
UG (unclassified) 1.0% 18%
WUG (unclassified) 0.3% 86%

Played together with

Card Together Lift
Fyndhorn Elves100%20.6
Timberwatch Elf100%18.5
Priest of Titania100%17.7
Quirion Ranger100%10.2
Nyxborn Hydra100%7.7
Birchlore Rangers95%96.6
Llanowar Elves95%17.1
Winding Way95%8.5
Jaspera Sentinel89%45.6
Lead the Stampede79%7.6

Best win rate

DeckRecord
UG
Heartyshow in the300
4-4
50%
UG
Heartyshow in Masters
3-3
50%
Mono Green Elves
LOAN in FirstQualifier
2-4
33%
Mono Green Elves
Trailovsky in Pauper Challenge 32
1-4
20%

Challenges only: MTGO publishes only the 5-0 league decks.

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UG
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UG
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of 20
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WUG
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