Mirkwood Elk

Mirkwood Elk

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{5}{G} · Creature — Elk
Rare · The Hobbit Eternal · Art by Christina Kraus
Trample Whenever this creature enters or attacks, return target Elf card from your graveyard to your hand. You gain life equal to that card's power.
Predicted power
Standard Eng.NLUsr.
Pioneer Eng.NLUsr.
Modern Eng.NLUsr.
Legacy 23 Eng.FUsr.

Six mana is far too slow for most Legacy plans; the narrow return-to-hand trigger is unlikely to justify it over stronger expensive threats such as Koma, World-Eater.

Best home Elf tribalBand speculativeConfidence 57%

Could be wrong if An established Elf shell with efficient mana or a way to exploit repeated ETBs could make the recursion materially better.

Pauper Eng.NLUsr.
Commander 41 Eng.D+Usr.

Elf decks can cast it and value an ETB regrowth plus repeated attack triggers, but six mana and a non-Elf body make it a replaceable tribal value card.

Best home Elf tribalBand fringeConfidence 64%

Could be wrong if Its standing rises if optimized Elf lists consistently want to rebuy high-impact Elf creatures and can give it haste or repeat ETBs.

Limited 61 Eng.B-Usr.

A six-mana 6/6 trampler is reliable top-end; returning an Elf on entry makes it a meaningful two-for-one, though revealed Elf density is unknown.

Best home Green midrangeBand solidConfidence 46%

Could be wrong if Low Elf density or a fast environment would leave this as merely an expensive vanilla threat.

Elf recursion finisher

“A six-mana trample finisher whose narrow Elf recursion is chiefly a Limited and tribal-Commander payoff.”

AI prediction made before release — not a measured result. Real performance data replaces this once the set is legal and tournament results come in.

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