---
name: "Tendershoot Dryad"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Dryad"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Ascend"]
set: "RIX"
set_name: "Rivals of Ixalan"
collector_number: "147"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "a336c10a-b5bd-47ff-ba2d-31e27af1e15a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/tendershoot-dryad-rix"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Tendershoot Dryad
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Dryad
- **Power/Toughness:** 2/2
- **Keywords:** Ascend

## Oracle Text
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.
Saprolings you control get +2/+2 as long as you have the city's blessing.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Snubhorn Sentry](/printing/snubhorn-sentry-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Wayward Swordtooth](/printing/wayward-swordtooth-sld.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
3. [Illustrious Wanderglyph](/printing/illustrious-wanderglyph-lcc.md) — Artifact Creature — Golem
4. [Tilonalli's Summoner](/printing/tilonallis-summoner-rix.md) — Creature — Human Shaman
5. [Spire Winder](/printing/spire-winder-rix.md) — Creature — Snake
6. [Nemata, Grove Guardian](/printing/nemata-grove-guardian-plst.md) — Legendary Creature — Treefolk

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) #147
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 25 across all historical editions

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