{"id":2256,"date":"2024-03-01T23:19:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usmtgproxy.com\/?p=2256"},"modified":"2024-03-01T23:19:55","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T15:19:55","slug":"top-5-best-green-mtg-cards-in-cedh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usmtgproxy.com\/2024\/03\/01\/top-5-best-green-mtg-cards-in-cedh\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 5 Best Green MTG Cards in cEDH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ranking the best cards in the worst color.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It probably isn’t an incredibly controversial take anymore that Green is the worst color in competitive Commander (cEDH). Even throughout its dominance of the occasional Standard format, its omnipresence in Commander (often for ramp purposes, something competitive Commander builds accomplish with mana-generating artifacts), and its longevity at the top thanks to Thrasios, Triton Hero builds once being a popular choice, it just isn’t quite getting the job done as a wholistic color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While other colors have gotten progressively better and more broken cards, Green has gotten\u2026 Endurance. However, while the color hasn’t seen many new toys recently, it does still keep up with the rest of the colors quite well. Being the worst color in cEDH is by no means a death knell to a color, there is just a lot to contend with elsewhere. There’s a reason that if you look at the top-performing decks, many of them still have Green in them somewhere. What are those reasons? These top 5 cards, of course!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#5 Sylvan Library<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sylvan Library (Borderless)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dominaria Remastered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Sylvan<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I’ve talked about Sylvan Library in the past (and so have plenty of other players), but in the grand scheme of Commander, it’s just\u2026 a fine card. It does what it says on the tin, letting you draw two extra cards a turn cycle in return for a whole lot of life. There are decks these extra cards are the difference between making and breaking your entire game plan\u2026 and then there are the decks that leave it at home. Most Temur Pirates (Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator \/ Tana, the Bloodsower) pilots, for example, have never cut it due to a lack of card advantage in the command zone and need to find Glint-Horn Buccaneer immediately to raise its stock. However, there are now many people who would be hard-pressed to put it in their Thrasios decks due to the range of other options available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Thrasios,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Tana,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"Kinnan,<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Market Price: $13.85<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sylvan Library is an objectively powerful card but the mix of having to wait a turn cycle to get your value, having to wait for two more turns than normal in between it triggering, and also that amount of life loss is very relevant these days (combat and Black cards are as popular as they’ve ever been) are brutal in plenty of games. It lands at number five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#4 Elvish Spirit Guide<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Elvish Spirit Guide (Borderless)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Secret Lair Drop Series<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Elvish<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Woa, woa, woa! I’m getting spicy here, considering that depending on who you talk to, this card should be either higher on the list or not on it at all. Personally,\u00a0Elvish Spirit Guide\u00a0is a card I’ll never leave my house without (if I’m playing Green, at least). Making mana quickly and cheaply is the easiest way to get ahead at the cEDH table, and while its compatriot,\u00a0Simian Spirit Guide, didn’t quite make the cut for my\u00a0Best 5 Best Red Cards in cEDH feature, Elvish Spirit Guide is easily good enough to make it here. It may feel strange to say something akin to a very limited\u00a0Lotus Petal\u00a0deserves to be on this list, but it has more utility than that as well. It doesn’t trigger any on-cast effects when you use it, like\u00a0Rhystic Study\u00a0or\u00a0Mystic Remora.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lotus<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Market Price: $15.44<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rhystic<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Market Price: $48.52<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Neoform\"\/<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It also can be pitched to Survival of the Fittest (a card that would have made it here if it was used in a wider range of cEDH decks) or even be put into play to be sacrificed to other great Green cards, like Eldritch Evolution and Neoform. No matter your need, Elvish Spirit Guide can probably meet it (well, unless you’re trying to win the game right this moment), all while being a silly little mana source when your opponents least expect it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#3 Worldly Tutor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Worldly Tutor (Borderless)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dominaria Remastered<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Worldly<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

One of the more iconic tutors in the Commander format, Worldly Tutor gives lots of oomph to decks that rely on finding specific creatures, such as Najeela, the Blade-Blossom, Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy and more. It does have two problems:<\/p>\n\n\n\n