Wood Elves

The Hobbit #142

Wood Elves - The Hobbit

Type: Creature — Elf Scout

Mana cost: {2}{G}

Card text: When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

P/T: 1/1

Rarity: common

Artist: Andreia Ugrai

"After the coming of Humans, the Wood-Elves took ever more and more to the gloaming and the dusk. Still Elves they were and remained—that is, Good People."

Released: August 14, 2026

Prices

$0.25 USD · $0.31 USD (Foil) · €0.08 EUR

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Format Legality

FormatLegality
Standard✓ Legal
Pioneer✓ Legal
Modern✓ Legal
Legacy✓ Legal
Commander✓ Legal
Vintage✓ Legal
Pauper✓ Legal
Oathbreaker✓ Legal

Is Wood Elves good in The Hobbit Limited?

In The Hobbit Limited we rate Wood Elves B tier — a strong, solid playable. It also placed #6 among green commons in our community set review, with 1 of 3 reviewers picking it.

Ratings come from the draft tier list for The Hobbit and from reviews submitted by players in the Limited set review. This set has 3 community reviews so far — treat the community placement as an early signal, not a settled verdict.

Draft & Sealed Synergies

Best cards to pair with Wood Elves in The Hobbit limited

common

Attercop
Attercop
Creature — Spider

Wood Elves fetches a Forest which triggers Attercop's Landfall ability, giving it +1/+1 until end of turn, making the land fetch immediately impactful in combat.

 Boughside Wanderers
Boughside Wanderers
Creature — Elf Scout

Wood Elves puts a Forest onto the battlefield, triggering Boughside Wanderers' Landfall to give it +2/+2 until end of turn, and both are Elves that synergize with Elf-matters cards.

 Mirkwood Meditator
Mirkwood Meditator
Creature — Elf Druid

Wood Elves' land fetch triggers Mirkwood Meditator's Landfall, letting it become a 4/2 until end of turn, providing immediate board impact from the land entering.

uncommon

Woodland Weavemaster
Woodland Weavemaster
Creature — Elf Druid

Wood Elves is an Elf that enters the battlefield, triggering Woodland Weavemaster's +1/+1 bonus until end of turn, and Wood Elves also ramps mana that Weavemaster can use for Elf spells.

 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege
Thranduil, Sindarin Liege
Legendary Creature — Elf Noble

Wood Elves is an Elf that benefits from Thranduil's +1/+1 buff to all other Elves, and the Forest it fetches triggers Thranduil's Landfall ability to create a 1/1 Elf token.

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