Dryad Militant
Return to Ravnica 214 • uncommon
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Collector number
- 214
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- green mana or white mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Green · White
- Artist
- Terese Nielsen
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
(green mana or white mana can be paid with either green mana or white mana.)
If an instant or sorcery card would be put into a graveyard from anywhere, exile it instead.
"We will defend the Worldsoul from Izzet 'progress' at any cost."
Where you can play it
- StandardLegal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulNot legal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Dryad Militant was released in the 2012 Magic: The Gathering set Return to Ravnica. As a card representing the Selesnya Conclave, it was designed to reflect the guild's focus on collective growth and harmony with nature. Mechanically, the card serves as a 'hate bear,' a low-cost creature designed to disrupt the opponent's strategy by exiling instant and sorcery spells as they are placed into the graveyard, which was a significant tactical inclusion for aggressive decks in the Modern and Legacy formats.
The artwork for the card was created by illustrator Svetlin Velinov, who depicted the Dryad in a state of alert guardianship within the urban-nature hybrid aesthetic of Ravnica. The design aimed to balance the creature's status as a dual-colored hybrid entity with the functional necessity of keeping its mana cost low. Upon release, the card was well-received by competitive players for its efficiency, quickly becoming a staple in various green-white deck builds that required a tool to check graveyard-centric strategies.
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