Dryad Arbor
Land Creature — Forest Dryad
"Touch no tree, break no branch, and speak only the question you wish answered." —Von Yomm, elder druid, to her initiates
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Border
- black
- Security stamp
- oval
- Frame
- 2015
- Pull rate
- about 1 per booster
- Illustrator
- Eric Fortune
- Found in
- Duskmourn House of Horror Commander Deck Death Toll
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7 · latest Mar 19, 2021
- WotCMar 19, 2021
Dryad Arbor is played as a land. It doesn't use the stack, it's not a spell, it can't be responded to, it has no mana cost, and it counts as your land play for the turn.
- WotCMar 19, 2021
Due to its color indicator (appearing to the left of its type line), Dryad Arbor is green. Color indicators apply in all zones, not just the battlefield.
- WotCMar 19, 2021
Forest is a land type and Dryad is a creature type.
- WotCMar 19, 2021
If Dryad Arbor is changed into another basic land type, it continues to be a green Dryad creature.
- WotCMar 19, 2021
If a Dryad Arbor gains flash, or you have the ability to play Dryad Arbor as though it had flash (due to Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir or Scout's Warning, for example), you can ignore the normal timing rules for when during your turn you can play a land, but not any other restrictions. You can't play Dryad Arbor during another player's turn, and you can't play Dryad Arbor if you don't have any land plays remaining.
- WotCJun 7, 2013
Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can't be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.
- WotCSep 22, 2011
If Dryad Arbor is changed into another basic land type (such as by Sea's Claim), it continues to be a creature and a Dryad.