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Legolas Greenleaf
Legendary Creature — Elf Archer · {2}{G} · Green commander
Reach
Legolas can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
Whenever another legendary creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.
Whenever Legolas deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
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What Legolas Greenleaf actually does
Read off the card by the same engine the Forge and Analyzer use — this is the mechanical classification, not a summary.
- Triggered ability · etbWhenever another legendary creature you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Legolas.
- Triggered ability · deals_damageWhenever Legolas deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.
- Static ability · evasion_grantLegolas can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
- Keyword · reachreach
What a Legolas Greenleaf deck wants
The plan the Forge derives for this commander: the roles it fills and how many of each.
- 6× Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- 14× A creature under the commander's power cap — its text only counts them
- 8× A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- 10× Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- 14× Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- 5× Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- 1× Answer a whole board at once
- 9× Find the exact card the plan needs
- 7× Refill your hand
Best cards for Legolas Greenleaf
Ranked by an engine that reads what each card does — its real cost, its delay and how reliably it works — rather than counting how often other people play it.
Make the commander connect — a body that never deals combat damage never triggers
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Kodama of the West Tree3 mana
- Duskshell Crawler2 mana
- Sphere Grid2 mana
- Bramblewood Paragon2 mana
- Gnarlid Colony2 mana
- Primal Rage2 mana
- Eldrazi Monument5 mana
A creature under the commander's power cap — its text only counts them
- Walking Ballista0 mana
- Delighted Halfling1 mana
- Elvish Mystic1 mana
- Fyndhorn Elves1 mana
- Llanowar Elves1 mana
- Arbor Elf1 mana
- Gilded Goose1 mana
- Haywire Mite1 mana
A permanent whose own trigger fires on attacking — the fuel an attack-trigger doubler multiplies, and the payoff an attack commander wants beside it
- Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma4 mana
- Horizon Explorer3 mana
- Weathered Sentinels3 mana
- Copperhorn Scout1 mana
- District Mascot1 mana
- Mirkwood Spider1 mana
- Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen4 mana
- World Shaper4 mana
Creatures you are happy to sacrifice — a free sac outlet on the commander is worthless with nothing to feed it
- Hangarback Walker0 mana
- Old One Eye6 mana
- Sosuke's Summons3 mana
- Pest Infestation1 mana
- Reach of Branches5 mana
- Termagant Swarm1 mana
- Sekki, Seasons' Guide8 mana
- Urza's Saga0 mana
Put +1/+1 counters on creatures you control, or multiply the ones already there
- Karn's Bastion0 mana
- Bristly Bill, Spine Sower2 mana
- Cankerbloom2 mana
- Thirsting Roots1 mana
- Evolution Sage3 mana
- Mossborn Hydra3 mana
- Contagion Clasp2 mana
- Fangs of Kalonia2 mana
Actually remove one problem permanent — preventing its damage is not removing it
- Beast Within3 mana
- Nature's Claim1 mana
- Emerald Charm1 mana
- Shrink1 mana
- Naturalize2 mana
- Origin of Metalbending2 mana
- Natural State1 mana
- Umezawa's Jitte2 mana
Answer a whole board at once
- Simplify1 mana
- Aligned Hedron Network4 mana
- Coercive Portal4 mana
- Needle Storm3 mana
- Whirlwind4 mana
- Hurricane1 mana
- Worldslayer5 mana
- Corrosive Gale1 mana
Find the exact card the plan needs
- Green Sun's Zenith1 mana
- Nature's Rhythm2 mana
- Celestial Reunion1 mana
- Worldly Tutor1 mana
- March of Burgeoning Life1 mana
- Archdruid's Charm3 mana
- Chord of Calling3 mana
- Eldritch Evolution3 mana
Refill your hand
- Skullclamp1 mana
- Garruk's Uprising3 mana
- Beast Whisperer4 mana
- The One Ring4 mana
- Pip-Boy 30001 mana
- Vexing Bauble1 mana
- Elemental Bond3 mana
- Selvala, Heart of the Wilds3 mana