---
name: "Wood Elves"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Elf Scout"
colors: []
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "HOB"
set_name: "The Hobbit"
collector_number: "142"
rarity: "common"
artist: "Andreia Ugrai"
oracle_id: "8973bd99-20f8-4867-90ef-50392147ee1b"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wood-elves-hob"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wood Elves
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Elf Scout

## Oracle Text
When this creature enters, search your library for a Forest card, put that card onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forestfolk](/printing/forestfolk-unk.md) — Creature — Elf Wizard
2. [Elvish Harbinger](/printing/elvish-harbinger-evg.md) — Creature — Elf Druid
3. [Elvish Pathcutter](/printing/elvish-pathcutter-ons.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
4. [Sylvan Ranger](/printing/sylvan-ranger-jmp.md) — Creature — Elf Scout Ranger
5. [Eclipsed Elf](/printing/eclipsed-elf-ecl.md) — Creature — Elf Scout
6. [Quirion Trailblazer](/printing/quirion-trailblazer-inv.md) — Creature — Elf Scout

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Hobbit (HOB) #142
- **Rarity:** Common
- **Artist:** Andreia Ugrai

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

## Official Rulings
- *(2004-10-04)* Because the "search" requires you to find a card with certain characteristics, you don't have to find the card if you don't want to.