---
name: "Elvish Spirit Guide"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Elf Spirit"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "SLD"
set_name: "Secret Lair Drop"
collector_number: "423"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yuko Shimizu"
oracle_id: "6b0e23cf-7d68-4329-86db-7adc26abd86b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/elvish-spirit-guide-sld"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Elvish Spirit Guide
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Spirit
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2

## Oracle Text
Exile this card from your hand: Add {G}.

> *"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*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Elvish Mystic](/printing/elvish-mystic-cmm.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
2. [Woodland Mystic](/printing/woodland-mystic-m20.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
3. [Llanowar Elves](/printing/llanowar-elves-m12.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
4. [Elvish Harbinger](/printing/elvish-harbinger-dd1.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
5. [Wirewood Elf](/printing/wirewood-elf-ons.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
6. [Elvish Visionary](/printing/elvish-visionary-plst.md) — Creature — Elf Shaman

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Secret Lair Drop (SLD) #423
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yuko Shimizu
- **Total Printings:** 26 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`