---
name: "Verdeloth the Ancient"
mana_cost: "{4}{G}{G}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Legendary Creature — Treefolk"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: ["Kicker"]
set: "CMM"
set_name: "Commander Masters"
collector_number: "330"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daren Bader"
oracle_id: "8222321f-b74d-4f74-9ee7-79455433345a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/verdeloth-the-ancient-cmm"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Verdeloth the Ancient
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{G}{G}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Legendary Creature — Treefolk
- **Keywords:** Kicker

## Oracle Text
Kicker {X} (You may pay an additional {X} as you cast this spell.)
Saproling creatures and other Treefolk creatures get +1/+1.
When Verdeloth enters, if it was kicked, create X 1/1 green Saproling creature tokens.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Juniper Order Rootweaver](/printing/juniper-order-rootweaver-dmu.md) — Creature — Human Druid
2. [Thicket Elemental](/printing/thicket-elemental-ddr.md) — Creature — Elemental
3. [Yavimaya Ancients](/printing/yavimaya-ancients-me2.md) — Creature — Treefolk
4. [Citanul Woodreaders](/printing/citanul-woodreaders-tsr.md) — Creature — Human Druid
5. [Vineshaper Prodigy](/printing/vineshaper-prodigy-dmu.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
6. [Saproling Migration](/printing/saproling-migration-dom.md) — Sorcery

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Commander Masters (CMM) #330
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daren Bader

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2013-06-07)* Verdeloth won't give himself +1/+1 unless he somehow becomes a Saproling.
- *(2024-11-08)* If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
- *(2024-11-08)* If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
- *(2024-11-08)* If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
- *(2024-11-08)* The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
- *(2024-11-08)* To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.