Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
Legendary Creature — Elf Druid
Elves you control have "Whenever this creature becomes tapped during your turn, untap it and put a +1/+1 counter on it. This ability triggers only once each turn."
"My people are like the great magnigoth trees. We've seen ice, flood, invasions, and wars, yet our roots remain strong."
3 / 3
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25 #52)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 4
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Artist
- BODAX
- EDHREC rank
- #2,510
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Combos 2
Commander recommendations
Top synergy 50
Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.
- Priest of Titania
- Elvish Archdruid
- Marwyn, the Nurturer
- Incubation Druid
- Leaf-Crowned Visionary
- Gyre Sage
- Inspiring Call
- Devoted Druid
- Imperious Perfect
- Evolution Witness
- Fyndhorn Elves
- Elvish Mystic
- Arbor Elf
- Ezuri, Renegade Leader
- Llanowar Elves
- Reclamation Sage
- Galadhrim Ambush
- Elvish Warmaster
- Deepwood Denizen
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Circle of Dreams Druid
- Eladamri, Korvecdal
- Canopy Tactician
- Immaculate Magistrate
- Elvish Harbinger
- Beast Whisperer
- Llanowar Tribe
- Hardened Scales
- Wellwisher
- Armorcraft Judge
- Wirewood Channeler
- Wirewood Lodge
- Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
- Paradise Druid
- Lys Alana Huntmaster
- Tyvar, the Pummeler
- Galadhrim Brigade
- Stocking the Pantry
- Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
- Seeker of Skybreak
- Extinguisher Battleship
- Elvish Champion
- Boreal Druid
- Joraga Warcaller
- Timberwatch Elf
- Lifecraft Engine
- Druid of the Cowl
- Three Tree City
- Thunderous Velocipede
- Champions of the Perfect
Most included 50
Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.
- Forest
- Llanowar Elves
- Priest of Titania
- Elvish Mystic
- Elvish Archdruid
- Fyndhorn Elves
- Marwyn, the Nurturer
- Inspiring Call
- Incubation Druid
- Arbor Elf
- Beast Whisperer
- Leaf-Crowned Visionary
- Gyre Sage
- Reclamation Sage
- Beast Within
- Devoted Druid
- Imperious Perfect
- Evolution Witness
- Circle of Dreams Druid
- Heroic Intervention
- Hardened Scales
- Sol Ring
- Llanowar Tribe
- Ezuri, Renegade Leader
- Rishkar, Peema Renegade
- Elvish Warmaster
- Galadhrim Ambush
- Eladamri, Korvecdal
- Deepwood Denizen
- Canopy Tactician
- Immaculate Magistrate
- Elvish Harbinger
- Lightning Greaves
- Wirewood Lodge
- Wellwisher
- Shamanic Revelation
- Tyvar, the Pummeler
- Wirewood Channeler
- Lys Alana Huntmaster
- Armorcraft Judge
- Three Tree City
- Paradise Druid
- Boreal Druid
- Dwynen, Gilt-Leaf Daen
- Dawnsire, Sunstar Dreadnought
- Swiftfoot Boots
- Guardian Project
- Galadhrim Brigade
- Seeker of Skybreak
- Allosaurus Shepherd
Format legality
Rulings
- 2024-11-08
A permanent that enters tapped doesn't "become tapped." As such, if it has the ability granted by Dionus, that ability won't trigger.
- 2024-11-08
Dionus's ability grants a triggered ability to itself as well as other Elves you control.
- 2024-11-08
If Dionus leaves the battlefield and returns to the battlefield in the same turn, or if one Dionus leaves and another Dionus enters, the ability granted by the old one is different from the ability granted by the new one. This means that an Elf that already untapped and got a +1/+1 counter from the previous granted triggered ability could untap and get another +1/+1 counter from the new granted triggered ability if it becomes tapped again later that turn.
- 2024-11-08
If Dionus leaves the battlefield while one or more triggered abilities generated by the ability it grants are still on the stack, those abilities will still resolve as normal.
- 2024-11-08
If you somehow control multiple copies of Dionus, each permanent you control will have that many instances of the granted ability. These abilities are not redundant. For example, if you control two copies of Dionus and one becomes tapped during your turn, each of its granted abilities will trigger. When those abilities resolve, each one will untap that Dionus (if it's tapped at the time) and will put a +1/+1 counter on it regardless of whether it's tapped or untapped.