---
name: "Selvala, Eager Trailblazer"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}{W}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Elf Scout"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G", "W"]
keywords: ["Vigilance"]
set: "OTJ"
set_name: "Outlaws of Thunder Junction"
collector_number: "231"
rarity: "mythic"
artist: "Viko Menezes"
oracle_id: "95b20721-1af9-4f3f-a39b-7cd1d4ce0b20"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/selvala-eager-trailblazer-otj"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Selvala, Eager Trailblazer
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}{W}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
- **Keywords:** Vigilance

## Oracle Text
Vigilance
Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 1/1 red Mercenary creature token with "{T}: Target creature you control gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery."
{T}: Choose a color. Add one mana of that color for each different power among creatures you control.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Selvala, Heart of the Wilds](/printing/selvala-heart-of-the-wilds-ecc.md) — Legendary Creature — Elf Scout
2. [Enduring Vitality](/printing/enduring-vitality-dsk.md) — Enchantment Creature — Elk Glimmer
3. [Heronblade Elite](/printing/heronblade-elite-mic.md) — Creature — Human Warrior
4. [Ledev Champion](/printing/ledev-champion-grn.md) — Creature — Elf Knight
5. [Faeburrow Elder](/printing/faeburrow-elder-ecc.md) — Creature — Treefolk Druid
6. [Woodland Champion](/printing/woodland-champion-2xm.md) — Creature — Elf Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Outlaws of Thunder Junction (OTJ) #231
- **Rarity:** Mythic
- **Artist:** Viko Menezes

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2024-04-12)* Selvala’s last ability doesn’t care what color or colors the creatures you control are. It cares only about the power of those creatures.
- *(2024-04-12)* Selvala’s last ability is a mana ability. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to.
- *(2024-04-12)* Selvala’s last ability looks at the creatures you control as it resolves to determine how much mana of the chosen color to add. For example, if you control Selvala (a 4/5 creature), a 1/1 creature, and a 2/1 creature, there are three different powers among creatures you control.