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Leaf-Crowned Elder

{2}{G}{G}

Creature — Treefolk Shaman

MORMorningtide#128rare
Foil
Border
black
Frame
2003
Pull rate
about 1 per booster–1 in 1481
Illustrator
Wayne Reynolds
Found in
Morningtide MTGO Redemption Foil · Morningtide Theme Deck Shamanism · 2 more
Printings2
CommanderLegalModernLegalStandardNot legal
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
Competitive BrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyLegal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernNot legal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersNot legal
VintageLegal
Kinship — At the beginning of your upkeep, you may look at the top card of your library. If it shares a creature type with this creature, you may reveal it. If you do, you may play that card without paying its mana cost.
3/5
Market · per finishspark updated 5h ago · prices as of 2026-07-12
Nonfoil+0.0%
$10.40
$5.75 low$2.55 gap
Foil+0.0%
$18.17
$14.96 low-$1.04 gap
Cheapest playable copy$8.30· across 2 printings

Rulings

7 · latest Apr 1, 2008 · one tap opens all
  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    After the kinship ability finishes resolving, the card you looked at remains on top of your library.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    If the top card of your library is already revealed (due to Magus of the Future, for example), you still have the option to reveal it or not as part of a kinship ability’s effect.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    If you have multiple creatures with kinship abilities, each triggers and resolves separately. You’ll look at the same card for each one, unless you have some method of shuffling your library or moving that card to a different zone.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    Kinship is an ability word that indicates a group of similar triggered abilities that appear on _Morningtide_ creatures. It doesn’t have any special rules associated with it.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    The first two sentences of every kinship ability are the same (except for the creature’s name). Only the last sentence varies from one kinship ability to the next.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    You don’t have to reveal the top card of your library, even if it shares a creature type with the creature that has the kinship ability.

  • WotCApr 1, 2008

    You play the revealed card as part of the resolution of this ability. It’s played from your library, not your hand. You choose modes, pay additional costs, choose targets, etc. for the card as normal when playing it. Any X in the mana cost will be 0. Alternative costs can’t be paid.