Ahh, Green, arguably the strongest color in Commander (unless you are playing on the more competitive side of the brackets). Lorwyn Eclipsed has shaped up to be a home run for the set, and as a Green mage myself, I'm happy to say that the set has given us Forest tappers cool new tools.

If Black in Lorwyn Eclipsed is about pressure and inevitability, Green is about scale. Scale in the sense that the board grows wider, deeper, and harder to meaningfully interact with as the game progresses. These cards just give you more. More lands. More bodies. More triggers. More redundancy. And in EDH, that philosophy remains one of the most reliable ways to win games.

Let's walk through the green standouts, shall we?

Sapling Nursery

Sapling Nursery is a great example of what Green does best: it turns land drops into bodies, rewards Forest-heavy mana bases, and provides built-in protection when the table tries to reset the board.

Affinity for Forests makes this card much more castable than it appears, especially in Mono-Green or two-color Green decks.

The Landfall trigger is where this card shines. A 3/4 reach creature on every land drop is real board presence. It blocks well and stacks up quickly in decks that are already built to make multiple land drops per turn.

The activated ability is what turns Sapling Nursery from a value engine into a threat. Granting indestructible to both your Forests and Treefolk forces opponents to think twice before sweeping the board.

Key cards that pair well:

• Avenger of Zendikar - A long-standing Commander finisher that already rewards land drops. Sapling Nursery complements Avenger by ensuring your landfall turns produce both wide and tall pressure.
• Azusa, Lost But Seeking - No one beats this little lady with how much lands she lets you drop in a single turn.
• Scapeshift - Sacrificing lands becomes a setup rather than a drawback. Scapeshift triggers Sapling Nursery multiple times while setting up future landfall turns.

Selfless Safewright

Selfless Safewright is a narrow yet key card in kindred decks. Flash and convoke make it easy to deploy without slowing your turn, and its trigger protects your entire board state rather than just one creature.

Hexproof and indestructible until end of turn is a strong combination, especially when tied to creature type synergies. In Elf decks, token decks, or any strategy that floods the board, this card plays both offense and defense.

It also scales well in multiplayer. The more creatures you have, the easier it is to cast, and the more value you extract from its protection.

Key cards that pair well:

• Maskwood Nexus - Okay, hear me out: this artifact lets you deploy Selfless Safewright in a Green deck that doesn't only run Elves.
• Elvish Archdruid - Mana production and tribal synergy matter here. Archdruid helps power out Selfless Safewright while benefiting from the protection it provides.
• Chord of Calling - Flash creatures with convoke work especially well with instant-speed tutors. Chord allows you to fetch Selfless Safewright in response to removal and protect your board on demand.

Mutable Explorer

Mutable Explorer is a clever piece of design that blends changeling synergies with land-based value. Being every creature type matters more in Commander than it ever has, and tying that flexibility to land creation opens up several lines of play.

Creating a tapped land token on entry gives you immediate value even if the creature does not survive. Turning that land into a creature with all creature types until end of turn enables surprise blocks, tribal triggers, and sacrifice interactions.

Put simply, Mutable Explorer rewards decks that care about creature types and landfall.

Key cards that pair well:

• Yarok, the Desecrated - Value doubler, 'nuff said.
• Conjurer's Closet - Lets you blink this little shapeshifter every turn to get more kindred ETBs AND Landfall triggers.
• Sylvan Safekeeper - An older card that turns lands into protection. The land created by Mutable Explorer becomes both a resource and a shield.

Formidable Speaker

Formidable Speaker is a value-oriented creature that rewards thoughtful sequencing. Discarding a card to tutor for a creature is already strong, but attaching repeatable untap utility gives this card depth beyond a simple tutor.

The discard clause encourages graveyard tactics, while the tutoring effect ensures you always have access to the creature that matters most in the moment. Untapping another permanent opens up mana acceleration, combat tricks, or engine loops. To be honest, this is the card I'm going to get multiples of.

Key cards that pair well:

• Fauna Shaman - A classic Green tutor that operates on similar principles. Together, these cards turn your hand into a toolbox.
• Seedborn Muse - Untap effects compound quickly. Muse allows Formidable Speaker to be part of a broader untap strategy that dominates long games.
• Allosaurus Shepherd - Uncounterable, makes it 100% certain that you resolve Formidable Speaker and get that tutor or discard through no matter what.

Springleaf Parade

Springleaf Parade is one of the most exciting and explosive Green enchantments in Lorwyn Eclipsed for Commander. It scales with mana investment, produces changeling tokens, and turns those tokens into mana dorks that tap for any color.

Creating colorless Shapeshifters that count as every creature type opens up tribal synergies across the board.

The mana ability is what pushes this card into high-impact territory. Turning tokens into acceleration allows Green decks to pivot from setup into execution without missing a beat.

Key cards that pair well:

• Cryptolith Rite - A well-known Green enchantment that does similar work. Running both ensures your creature count translates directly into mana advantage.
• High Perfect Morcant - Getting X 1/1 shapesifters entering means Morcant will get X blight triggers too!
• Parallel Lives - Token doubling multiplies both your board presence and your mana production, accelerating the game toward your favor.

An Enchanted Forest

Green in Lorwyn Eclipsed reinforces Green's identity as the color of growth, redundancy, and big board states while offering enough flexibility to slot into a wide range of Commander archetypes. Think beyond elves and treefolks as these cards offer boons for a myriad of strategies.

But, if you do want to run an Elfball deck and trample over your opponents with your sylvan army... then you'd do well to pick up these cards for your next Magic: the Gathering night.