Elfsworn Giant 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
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.) Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, create a 1/1 green Elf Warrior creature token.
How it works : Elfsworn Giant
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability triggers whenever a land you control enters for any reason. It triggers whenever you play a land, as well as whenever a spell or ability puts a land onto the battlefield under your control.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
A landfall ability doesn't trigger if a permanent already on the battlefield becomes a land.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
Whenever a land you control enters, each landfall ability of the permanents you control will trigger. You can put them on the stack in any order. The last ability you put on the stack will be the first one to resolve (As a result, you can have those abilities resolve in the order of your choosing.).
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
Kodama of the East Tree + Simic Growth Chamber + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Simic Growth Chamber.
- 2When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Simic Growth Chamber trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Simic Growth Chamber from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Simic Growth Chamber enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#2
Kodama of the East Tree + Guildless Commons + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Guildless Commons.
- 2When Guildless Commons enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Guildless Commons trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Guildless Commons from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Guildless Commons enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#3
Kodama of the East Tree + Arid Archway + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Arid Archway.
- 2When Arid Archway enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Arid Archway trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Arid Archway from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Arid Archway enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#4
Kodama of the East Tree + Gruul Turf + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Gruul Turf.
- 2When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Gruul Turf trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Gruul Turf from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Gruul Turf enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#5
Kodama of the East Tree + Golgari Rot Farm + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Golgari Rot Farm.
- 2When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Golgari Rot Farm trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Golgari Rot Farm from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Golgari Rot Farm enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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#6
Perilous Forays + Tireless Provisioner + Elfsworn Giant
Put all lands with a basic land type from your library onto the battlefield tapped
- 1Activate Perilous Forays by paying
and sacrificing a creature, causing you to search your library for a land card with a basic land type and put it onto the battlefield tapped. - 2When the land enters the battlefield Tireless Provisioner and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 3Resolve the Tireless Provisioner trigger, creating a Treasure token.
- 4Activate the Treasure by tapping and sacrificing it, adding .
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a creature token.
- 6Repeat.
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#7
Zimone and Dina + Abundance + Retreat to Coralhelm + Elfsworn Giant
Arrange your library in any orderPut all lands from your hand and library onto the battlefield tapped
- 1Activate Zimone and Dina by tapping it and sacrificing another creature, causing you to reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a land card, put it into your hand, then put the land onto the battlefield tapped, and repeat this process once if you control at least eight lands.
- 2Retreat to Coralhelm and Elfsworn Giant trigger for each land that enters the battlefield this way.
- 3Resolve the Retreat to Coralhelm trigger(s), untapping Zimone and Dina.
- 4Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger(s), creating that many creature tokens.
- 5Repeat.
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#8
Kodama of the East Tree + Selesnya Sanctuary + Elfsworn Giant
Infinite creature ETBInfinite creature tokensInfinite landfall triggers
- 1Play Selesnya Sanctuary.
- 2When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, it, Elfsworn Giant, and Kodama of the East Tree trigger.
- 3Resolve the Kodama of the East Tree trigger, choosing not to put anything from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 4Resolve the Selesnya Sanctuary trigger, returning it from the battlefield to your hand.
- 5Resolve the Elfsworn Giant trigger, creating a token.
- 6When the token enters the battlefield, Kodama triggers, putting Selesnya Sanctuary from your hand onto the battlefield.
- 7When Selesnya Sanctuary enters the battlefield, it and Elfsworn Giant trigger.
- 8Repeat from step 4.
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Legal formats
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