Elven Raft-Steerer

The Hobbit #37

Elven Raft-Steerer - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Elf Pilot

Mana cost: {2}{U}

Card text: Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, choose one — • Tap target creature an opponent controls. • Untap target creature you control.

P/T: 3/2

Rarity: uncommon

Artist: Christina Kraus

""Float beyond the world of trees Out into the whispering breeze.""

Released: August 14, 2026

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$0.27 USD · $0.36 USD (Foil) · €0.10 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✗ Not Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Elven Raft-Steerer in The Hobbit limited

common

Wood Elves
Wood Elves
Creature — Elf Scout

Wood Elves searches for a Forest and puts it onto the battlefield, triggering Elven Raft-Steerer's Landfall ability to tap an opponent's creature or untap one of yours, providing immediate tempo value alongside the land ramp.

 Beorn, Reluctant Host // Till and Tend
Beorn, Reluctant Host // Till and Tend
Legendary Creature — Human Bear Shapeshifter // Sorcery — Adventure

Till and Tend lets you play an additional land this turn, triggering Elven Raft-Steerer's Landfall ability for a free tap or untap effect, giving you extra tempo alongside the land advantage.

 Attercop
Attercop
Creature — Spider

Attercop also has Landfall and gets +1/+1 until end of turn when a land enters; pairing it with Elven Raft-Steerer means each land drop triggers both creatures, maximizing the value of every land you play.

uncommon

Beorn's Hospitality
Beorn's Hospitality
Enchantment

Beorn's Hospitality also has Landfall and puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature each time a land enters; stacking this with Elven Raft-Steerer's Landfall tap/untap effect makes every land drop generate significant board advantage.

rare

Thranduil's Company
Thranduil's Company
Creature — Elf Soldier

Thranduil's Company lets you play an additional land each turn while you control another Elf, and its Landfall puts two +1/+1 counters on a creature; combined with Elven Raft-Steerer, each extra land drop triggers both Landfall abilities for massive value.

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