Card

Dryad Arbor

Land Creature — Forest Dryad


(Dryad Arbor isn't a spell, it's affected by summoning sickness, and it has ": Add .")

"Touch no tree, break no branch, and speak only the question you wish answered." —Von Yomm, elder druid, to her initiates


  Time Spiral Remastered (TSR)
#277, Rare

Illustrated by: Eric Fortune
Multiverse ID: 509642

Not Legal Alchemy BO1
Not Legal Standard BO1
Not Legal Brawl
Not Legal Explorer BO1
Not Legal Historic BO1
Not Legal Pauper
Not Legal Pioneer
Not Legal Traditional Standard
Not Legal Timeless BO1
Not Legal Traditional Alchemy
Not Legal Traditional Explorer
Not Legal Traditional Historic
Not Legal Traditional Timeless

Rulings

  • 2007-05-01
    If a Dryad Arbor gains flash, or you have the ability to play Dryad Arbor as though it had flash (due to Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir or Scout’s Warning, for example), you can ignore the normal timing rules for playing a land, but not any other restrictions. You can’t play Dryad Arbor during another player’s turn, and you can’t play Dryad Arbor if it’s your turn and you’ve already played a land.
  • 2007-05-01
    Dryad Arbor is played as a land. It doesn’t use the stack, it’s not a spell, it can’t be responded to, it has no mana cost, and it counts as your land play for the turn.
  • 2007-05-01
    Forest is a land type. Dryad is a creature type.
  • 2011-09-22
    If Dryad Arbor is changed into another basic land type (such as by Sea’s Claim), it continues to be a creature and a Dryad.
  • 2013-06-07
    Although originally printed with a characteristic-defining ability that defined its color, this card now has a color indicator. This color indicator can’t be affected by text-changing effects (such as the one created by Crystal Spray), although color-changing effects can still overwrite it.
  • 2021-03-19
    If Dryad Arbor is changed into another basic land type, it continues to be a green Dryad creature.
  • 2021-03-19
    Due to its color indicator (appearing to the left of its type line), Dryad Arbor is green. Color indicators apply in all zones, not just the battlefield.
  • 2021-03-19
    Forest is a land type and Dryad is a creature type.
  • 2021-03-19
    If a Dryad Arbor gains flash, or you have the ability to play Dryad Arbor as though it had flash (due to Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir or Scout’s Warning, for example), you can ignore the normal timing rules for when during your turn you can play a land, but not any other restrictions. You can’t play Dryad Arbor during another player’s turn, and you can’t play Dryad Arbor if you don’t have any land plays remaining.
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