Llanowar Elite
~$0.17 low · ~$1.45 high
Green. Creature — Elf
Invasion #196 · Illustrated by Kev Walker
Invasion #196 · Illustrated by Kev WalkerWhat is Llanowar Elite worth?
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TCGplayer market prices in USD, updated October 14, 2026. Each price is for one printing and one finish.
Oracle text
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Trample
If this creature was kicked, it enters with five +1/+1 counters on it.
1/1
Format legality
All 3 printings of Llanowar Elite
| Printing | Rarity | Non-foil | Foil | Cardmarket (EUR) | My collection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Salvat 2005 psal #B16· 2005Spanishcommon· Cardmarket €0.05 | common | — | No foil printing | €0.05 | |
 Salvat 2005 psal #B17· 2005Spanishcommon· Cardmarket €0.05 | common | — | No foil printing | €0.05 | |
 Invasion inv #196· 2000common· Cardmarket €0.14 · €1.44 foil | common | $0.17 | $1.45 | €0.14€1.44 foil |
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Card details
- First printed
- 2000
- Printings
- 3
- Mana value
- 1
- EDHREC rank
- #25,068 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
- Keywords
- Trample, Kicker
- Artist
- Kev Walker
What the codes mean
The small print at the bottom of the Invasion card (#196).
196
- 196Collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
Cards from 1998 to mid-2014 print the collector number over the set's card count (like 90/383) next to the copyright line. They have no rarity letter, set code or language code: the set symbol and its colour show the set and rarity.
How to read a Magic card: every part and code, on real cards.
Card breakdown
The parts of Llanowar Elite, read from the Invasion printing. How to read any Magic card.
- Name
- Llanowar Elite. Rules use the English name in every language.
- Mana cost
- Mana value 1: the total mana in the cost, colors ignored.
- Type line
- Creature is the card type. Elf is the subtype, after the dash.
- Text box
- What the card does. Italic text in brackets is reminder text: it explains a rule and has no effect on the game.
- Power / toughness
- 1/1: power is the combat damage it deals; toughness is how much damage destroys it.
- Illustration
- By Kev Walker. The art has no effect on the game.
- Set symbol
- Invasion. Black or white means common.
- Collector number
- 196 = collector number: this card's place in the set list. Main-set cards print it over the set's card count.
- Artist
- Kev Walker, after "Illus.".
- Copyright
- Wizards of the Coast's copyright notice, with the year.
Keywords
- KickerCR 702.33
- An optional extra cost you can pay when you cast it, for a bigger effect.
- TrampleCR 702.19
- Combat damage beyond what kills its blockers can go to the player or permanent it is attacking.
Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.
Rulings (6)
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
2024-11-08
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
2024-11-08
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
2024-11-08
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
2024-11-08
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.
2024-11-08
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
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