---
name: "Rushwood Legate"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Dryad"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "MMQ"
set_name: "Mercadian Masques"
collector_number: "266"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Mark Romanoski"
oracle_id: "f3623759-bf3a-4846-9ef7-1b732ad4355f"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/rushwood-legate-mmq"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Rushwood Legate
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Dryad
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/1

## Oracle Text
If an opponent controls an Island and you control a Forest, you may cast this spell without paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Deepwood Legate](/printing/deepwood-legate-mmq.md) — Creature — Shade
2. [Vine Dryad](/printing/vine-dryad-mmq.md) — Creature — Dryad
3. [Rushwood Dryad](/printing/rushwood-dryad-10e.md) — Creature — Dryad
4. [Dryad Arbor](/printing/dryad-arbor-plst.md) — Land Creature — Forest Dryad
5. [Neverwinter Dryad](/printing/neverwinter-dryad-afr.md) — Creature — Dryad
6. [Saprazzan Legate](/printing/saprazzan-legate-mmq.md) — Creature — Merfolk Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Mercadian Masques (MMQ) #266
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Mark Romanoski
- **Total Printings:** 8 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`