Argothian Elder is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
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Official card text
: Untap two target lands.
How it works : Argothian Elder
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
The ability can target an already untapped land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
The ability must target two different lands. It can’t be activated if there is just one land to target.
No other card is named in this ruling.
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Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
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#1
Ashaya, Soul of the Wild + Argothian Elder
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of creatures you controlInfinite mana creatures you control can produceInfinite untap of nontoken creatures you control
- 1Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping itself and any other land.
- 2Activate the land by tapping it, adding one mana of any color that land can produce.
- 3Repeat.
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#2
Argothian Elder + Wirewood Lodge + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate Nykthos by paying
and tapping it, adding at least 
. - 2Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping Nykthos and Wirewood Lodge.
- 3Activate Wirewood Lodge by paying and tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Repeat.
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#3
Argothian Elder + Maze of Ith
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Attack with Argothian Elder.
- 2Activate Maze of Ith by tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder and preventing all combat damage that would be dealt to and by it this turn.
- 3Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping Maze of Ith and any other land.
- 4Activate that land by tapping it to add mana.
- 5Repeat from step 2.
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#4
Argothian Elder + Wirewood Lodge + Gaea's Cradle
Infinite mana lands you control can produce
- 1Activate Gaea's Cradle by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping Gaea's Cradle and Wirewood Lodge.
- 3Activate Wirewood Lodge by paying and tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Repeat.
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#5
Argothian Elder + Wirewood Lodge + Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
Infinite green manaInfinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun's second ability by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun and Wirewood Lodge.
- 3Activate Wirewood Lodge by paying and tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Repeat.
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#6
Argothian Elder + Wirewood Lodge + Wild Growth
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate a land by tapping it, adding at least
. - 2Wild Growth triggers, adding .
- 3Activate Wirewood Lodge's second ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping the land tapped in step 1 and Wirewood Lodge.
- 5Repeat.
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#7
Freed from the Real + Argothian Elder
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping two lands you control.
- 2Activate those lands by tapping them, adding at least
. - 3Activate Freed from the Real's last ability by paying , untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Repeat.
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#8
Argothian Elder + Wirewood Lodge + Elvish Guidance
Infinite mana lands you control can produceInfinite untap of lands you control
- 1Activate the land with Elvish Guidance attached by tapping it, adding at least .
- 2Elvish Guidance triggers, adding at least .
- 3Activate Wirewood Lodge's second ability by paying and tapping it, untapping Argothian Elder.
- 4Activate Argothian Elder by tapping it, untapping the land with Elvish Guidance attached and Wirewood Lodge.
- 5Repeat.
- 6If you control at least one additional Elf, this combo nets infinite green mana, and you may tap other lands for mana.
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Legal formats
legacyvintagecommanderoathbreakerduelpremodernpredh
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