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Tendershoot Dryad

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Green. Creature — Dryad

four generic manaone green mana

0125 · SOC · R · ENWhat the codes mean

Tendershoot Dryad

Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #125 · Illustrated by Evyn Fong

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Non-foil · Secrets of Strixhaven Commander #125

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Borderless foil · Secret Lair Drop #1902

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Oracle text

Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)

At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.

Saprolings you control get +2/+2 as long as you have the city's blessing.

2/2

All 6 printings of Tendershoot Dryad

PrintingRarityNon-foilFoilCardmarket (EUR)My collection
Secret Lair Drop #1902
Secret Lair Drop
sld #1902· 2025BorderlessRainbow Foilrare· Cardmarket €17.36 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$15.05€17.36 foil
Bloomburrow Commander #242
Bloomburrow Commander
blc #242· 2024rare· Cardmarket €2.11
rare$1.87No foil printing€2.11
Rivals of Ixalan Promos #147p
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
prix #147p· 2018Promorare· Cardmarket €2.52 · €7.95 foil
rare$7.25$8.39€2.52€7.95 foil
Rivals of Ixalan Promos #147s
Rivals of Ixalan Promos
prix #147s· 2018Promorare· Cardmarket €7.08 foil
rareNo non-foil printing$14.03€7.08 foil
Rivals of Ixalan #147
Rivals of Ixalan
rix #147· 2018rare· Cardmarket €2.16 · €6.11 foil
rare$1.77$7.21€2.16€6.11 foil

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Card details

First printed
2018
Printings
6
Mana value
5
EDHREC rank
#1,311 on EDHREC (Commander popularity)
Keywords
Ascend
Artists
Evyn Fong, Meel Tamphanon, Yongjae Choi

What the codes mean

The small print at the bottom of the Secrets of Strixhaven Commander card (#125).

0125 · SOC · R · EN

  • 0125Collector number: this card's place in the set list.
  • SOCSet code for Secrets of Strixhaven Commander
  • RRare
  • ENPrinted in English

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Keywords

AscendCR 702.131
Defined in the Comprehensive Rules at the rule above.

Rule numbers from the Magic Comprehensive Rules, version of September 25, 2026.

Rulings (8)

  1. 2018-01-19

    If you control ten permanents but don't control a permanent or resolving spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing. For example, if you control ten permanents, lose control of one, then cast Golden Demise, you won't have the city's blessing and the spell will affect creatures you control.

  2. 2018-01-19

    Ascend on a permanent isn't a triggered ability and doesn't use the stack. Players can respond to a spell that will give you your tenth permanent, but they can't respond to getting the city's blessing once you control that tenth permanent. This means that if your tenth permanent is a land you play, players can't respond before you get the city's blessing.

  3. 2018-01-19

    Some cards get power, toughness, and/or abilities once you have the city's blessing. If another card has an ability that triggers when creatures with certain characteristics enter the battlefield (such as Mentor of the Meek or Elemental Bond do), use the entering permanent's characteristics after you have the city's blessing to determine whether those abilities trigger. This is true even if the entering permanent is your tenth permanent.

  4. 2018-01-19

    A permanent is any object on the battlefield, including tokens and lands. Spells and emblems aren't permanents.

  5. 2018-01-19

    If your tenth permanent enters the battlefield and then a permanent leaves the battlefield immediately afterwards (most likely due to the "Legend Rule" or due to being a creature with 0 toughness), you get the city's blessing before it leaves the battlefield.

  6. 2018-01-19

    Because damage remains marked on a creature until it's removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to a Saproling you control may become lethal if Tendershoot Dryad leaves the battlefield during that turn.

  7. 2018-01-19

    If you cast a spell with ascend, you don't get the city's blessing until it resolves. Players may respond to that spell by trying to change whether you get the city's blessing.

  8. 2018-01-19

    Once you have the city's blessing, you have it for the rest of the game, even if you lose control of some or all of your permanents. The city's blessing isn't a permanent itself and can't be removed by any effect.

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