Elvish Spirit Guide

Disparity in Spirit Guide Rarity

Why is Simian Spirit Guide printed at common but Elvish Spirit Guide uncommon?

The Planar Chaos timeshifted sheet did some wonky things to rarities.

Elvish Spirit Guide Planar Chaos Rarity Simian Spirit Guide Spirit Uncommons

Creature Cost Mechanics

Would a Black version of Elvish Spirit Guide or Simian Spirit Guide be possible or would it need to create a tapped treaure instead? Or would it require additional payment like lose 1 life?

If we did it, which is a big if, it would probably costs life.

Black Creatures Elvish Spirit Guide Mechanics Simian Spirit Guide Spirit

Color Cycle Possibility

Hi Mark, I'm a big fan of Simian Spirit Guide and Elvish Spirit Guide. Will cards like this be made for the other colors as well, or will this be a Yavimaya/Urborg where only certain colors get it?

It was never intended to be a cycle.

Colors Cycles Elvish Spirit Guide Simian Spirit Guide Spirit Urborg

Greensleeves Quote Praise

Please pass along an enthusiastic high-five to the members of the team who put together the Greensleeves quote for the Secret Lair Elvish spirit guide; I was a HUGE fan of the Whispering Woods books :)

Will do!

Elvish Spirit Guide Secret Lairs Spirit The Secret Lair

Elvish Spirit Guide Concerns

Wait, how is elvish spirit guide a play design concern? Its just one free mana, not even repeatable because you exile it. I'm no professional game designer but that doesn't seem so bad

So, you’ve obviously never played with Lotus Petal. : )

Elvish Spirit Guide Humor Lotus Petal Mana Play Design Spirit The Exile Zone

Reprinting Elvish Spirit Guide

Is Elvish Spirit Guide too problematic for a modern reprint? Also is that even something Green can do anymore?

It would be a play design concern.

Elvish Spirit Guide Green Modern Play Design Reprints Spirit

Ape Theme Origin

With regards to Simian Spirit Guide, the card it’s a riff of, Elvish Spirit Guide, was from Alliances. Alliances had a heavy Ape theme in red, so it’s an Ape because if it had originally been printed in Alliances, that the type it probably would have been.

Good point.

Alliances Ape Card Printing Elvish Spirit Guide Red Simian Spirit Guide Spirit

Color Alignment

Is simian spirit guide more in colour than elvish spirit guide?

The ability is now red. Whether or not it’s something anyone should have play design-wise is up for debate.

Colors Elvish Spirit Guide Play Design Red Simian Spirit Guide Spirit

Color Pie & Rituals

Related to the Planar Chaos question, isn't Simian Spirit Guide the correct color for the effect and Elvish Spirit Guide breaking color pie? The effect is essentially a ritual, which is definitely red's thing.

Red is now the color that does temporary mana gain.

Color Pie Colors Elvish Spirit Guide Mana Planar Chaos Red Simian Spirit Guide Spirit

Planar Chaos Pie Fidelity

Thanks to Planar Chaos, there are a number of effects that exist in Modern in the "wrong color," while the right-color version has never been reprinted. Two examples off the top of my head are Simian Spirit Guide/Elvish Spirit Guide (arguably) and Mana Tithe/Force Spike. Do these color pie violations bother you more than others? (They do me.)

Planar Chaos stretched the color pie but not to the point of undercutting the weakness of colors, so those don’t bother me nearly as much as cards that let color’s do things that by color definition they aren’t supposed to be able to do.

Card Printing Color Pie Colors Elvish Spirit Guide Force Spike Mana Mana Tithe Modern Planar Chaos Reprints Simian Spirit Guide Spike Spirit

Elvish Guide's Wings

Why does Elvish Spirit Guide have wings?

Red Bull?

Elvish Spirit Guide Red Spirit

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