First printed in Bloomburrow (2024)
Legendary Creature — Frog Druid
Whenever you cast a creature spell with mana value 4 or greater, you draw a card, gain 1 life, and put a +1/+1 counter on Helga.
: Add X mana of any one color, where X is Helga's power. Spend this mana only to cast creature spells with mana value 4 or greater or creature spells with 
in their mana costs.
1/3
- Illustrated by
- Andrea Piparo
Legality
- Legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
- Not legal in
- Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH
Rulings (4)
- If you spend the mana added by Helga's last ability on a creature spell with in its mana cost, the mana can be spent on any part of that spell's total cost. You're not limited to spending it only on the part.
- Helga's last ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
- If a spell has in its mana cost, use the value chosen for that X to determine the mana value of that spell.
- You don't have to spend all the mana added by Helga's last ability on the same spell.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.009 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
In Limited on MTG Arena
Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).
| Set | GIH WR | vs set | IWD | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bloomburrow (BLB), Premier Draft | 53.2% | -1.4 | +4.7 | 2653 |
- GIH WR
- win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn
- vs set
- points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set
- IWD
- improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library
- Games
- games in which the card was seen
Combos
18 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Venser, Shaper Savant
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Ancestral Statue + Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Blinking Spirit + Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Palinchron
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Peregrine Drake + Temur Sabertooth
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Hoverguard Sweepers
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Great Whale + Helga, Skittish Seer + Temur Sabertooth
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite lifegain…: Helga, Skittish Seer + Mind Over Matter + Venser, Shaper Savant
- Infinite card draw, Near-infinite lifegain…: Chakram Retriever + Helga, Skittish Seer + Spider-Man 2099, Miguel O'Hara
- Infinite self-discard triggers, Near-infinite lifegain…: Ancestral Statue + Helga, Skittish Seer + Mind Over Matter
