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Sakura-Tribe Elder
Oracle Text
Sacrifice this creature: Search your library for a basic land card, put that card onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
Card Details
Mana CostCharacter Background
Sakura-Tribe Elder is one of Magic’s cleanest examples of a card that turns a small body into lasting advantage. As a Snake Shaman, it feels like a patient guide from a nature-focused tribe, willing to be sacrificed so the land itself can flourish. In gameplay, it best supports value, control, and midrange ramp plans: you spend two mana for a 1/1 that later cashes itself in for a basic land, smoothing your early turns and helping you hit key land drops. That makes it especially strong in decks that want to play larger threats ahead of curve or hold up interaction while still developing mana. It also has excellent synergy with graveyard and sacrifice themes, since you can trigger death abilities, stock the graveyard, or recur it with cards like Sun Titan or recursion effects. In Commander, it is a quiet all-star for fixing, ramping, and buying time.
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Character Background
Sakura-Tribe Elder is one of Magic’s cleanest examples of a card that turns a small body into lasting advantage. As a Snake Shaman, it feels like a patient guide from a nature-focused tribe, willing to be sacrificed so the land itself can flourish. In gameplay, it best supports value, control, and midrange ramp plans: you spend two mana for a 1/1 that later cashes itself in for a basic land, smoothing your early turns and helping you hit key land drops. That makes it especially strong in decks that want to play larger threats ahead of curve or hold up interaction while still developing mana. It also has excellent synergy with graveyard and sacrifice themes, since you can trigger death abilities, stock the graveyard, or recur it with cards like Sun Titan or recursion effects. In Commander, it is a quiet all-star for fixing, ramping, and buying time.
Generated using gpt-5.4-mini · Updated at 2026-08-11 17:20:44 UTC