Elvish Spirit Guide
sldSecret Lair Drop#423rare
Legal in 8 of 23 formats
Treatments
BorderlessFull ArtFoil
Price today · this printing
Nonfoil$30.95
Foil$66.84
Foil premium
2.16×nonfoil → foil
Nonfoil
$30.95
Foil
$66.84
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Card text & rulings
Oracle text
Creature — Elf Spirit
Exile this creature from your hand: Add .
P/T2/2
Ability breakdown
Abilities
ActivatedExile this creature from your hand: Add .
.Rulings
- WotCDec 8, 2022
If a spell or ability's cost includes returning a creature to your hand and paying mana, you can't activate Elvish Spirit Guide's mana ability after returning it to your hand. This is because mana abilities must be activated before you begin paying costs.
Market & price history
Market
SLD #423
2026-07-06Elvish Spirit Guide
$30.95TCGplayer market▲ +0.8% 7d
Lowest Listing
updated 2026-07-06Nonfoil
Lowest listingNM$30.50Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$19.50· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$11.00 (+36.1%)
Foil
Lowest listingNM$58.00Buy on TCGplayer
Best buylist (NM)$42.00· Card Kingdom
Buy/Sell Gap$16.00 (+27.6%)
All finishes · 30d
updated 3h agoRealized change · today vs 30d ago
Nonfoil$30.95▲ +2.0%
Foil$66.84▲ +10.6%
Across all copies
This card, all printings.
Cheaper copy available: $2.02
Cross-printing valuation
5 printings across 4 sets
Printings
5 total
Mystery Booster 2#68
2024 · Anna Steinbauer
$2.02
Dominaria Remastered#157
2023 · Anna Steinbauer
$2.95$3.80
Dominaria Remastered#338
2023 · Anna Steinbauer
$2.67$12.15
Secret Lair Drop#423
2022 · Yuko Shimizu
$30.95$66.84
Alliances#89
1996 · Julie Baroh
$4.88
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Where you can play it
commander
Legal to play
All formats
Format legality
AlchemyNot legal
BrawlNot legal
CommanderLegal
competitivebrawlNot legal
DuelLegal
Future StandardNot legal
GladiatorNot legal
HistoricNot legal
LegacyLegal
ModernNot legal
OathbreakerLegal
Old SchoolNot legal
PauperNot legal
Pauper CommanderNot legal
PennyNot legal
PioneerNot legal
PreDHLegal
PremodernLegal
StandardNot legal
Standard BrawlNot legal
TimelessNot legal
Tiny LeadersLegal
VintageLegal
Flavor & art
“"The spirits of the Whispering Woods are mysterious and mercurial. Follow one, and you're just as likely to end up at the center of the forest as you are at your own front door." —Greensleeves, High Wizard of the Domains”
Illustrated by
Yuko Shimizu
Reference & exit links
Card details
- Artist
- Yuko Shimizu
- Frame
- inverted
- Language
- EN
- Border
- borderless
- Security stamp
- oval
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