| Fyndhorn Elf | |||
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| Naming | |||
| Others | French: Elfes cordelliens German: Fyndhornelfen Italian: Elfi di Fyndhorn Portuguese: Elfos de Fyndhorn Spanish: Elfos de Fyndhorn | ||
| Morphology | |||
| Body type | Humanoid | ||
| Intelligence | |||
| Sentience | Sentient | ||
| Sapience | Sapient | ||
| Aggressivity | High | ||
| Language | Fyndhorn (presumed) | ||
| Ecology | |||
| Place of origin | Evolved from the Argothian Elves | ||
| Habitat | Island of Fyndhorn Later evacuated to Yavimaya Forest | ||
| Diet | Omnivorous (presumed) | ||
| Locomotion | Bipedal | ||
| Lifespan | At least hundreds of years long | ||
| Subspecies | Yavimayan Elf | ||
| Status | Extinct | ||
| Behind the Scenes | |||
| Universe | Magic: The Gathering | ||
| Designed by | Fyndhorn Elves: Justin Hampton Fyndhorn Elder: Christopher Rush | ||
| “ | Living side by side with the Elves for so long leaves me with no doubt that we serve the same goddess. |
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— Kolbjörn, Elder Druid of the Juniper Order
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| “ | Do we know what we're doing? Yes—the will of Freyalise. |
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— Laina of the Elvish Council
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The Fyndhorn Elves were a subspecies of Wood Elf that evolved from the survivors of the Argothian Elves who had been in the right place at the wrong time when Urza Planeswalker activated the Golgothian Sylex, firing a beam that destroyed most of the island nation of Argoth, its remaining portion to become Fyndhorn. They existed from the time of the Sylex Blast (when they began to evolve) to Terisiare's last glacial period.
Like druids of the world at the time, they worshiped the planeswalker Freyalise, whom they saw as a goddess of nature. Culturally, they were slightly more open to outsiders than their ancestors had been, and were willing to engage in diplomacy with the humans of Kjeldor via the Juniper Order.
Unfortunately, despite having worshiped her all this time, it was their "goddess" Freyalise who would be their island's undoing the second time when she cast the World Spell to end Dominaria's magically-forced Ice Age. In doing so, the glaciers and vast fields of snow melted away, flooding the lands but also the seas and sinking the island of Fyndhorn beneath the waves. The elf Kaysa and a Kjeldor knight named Jaeuhl Carthalion led a number of refugees to the mainland, following their way up the Yavimaya River and settling in the forest of Yavimaya, where they would eventually evolve into the Yavimayan Elves.
Notes[]
- Fyndhorn Elves was a 1/1 green card that cost 1 green mana to cast.
- The controller could tap the Fyndhorn Elves card to add 1 green mana to their mana pool.
A Fyndhorn Elder.
- Fyndhorn Elder was a 1/1 green card that cost 1 green mana and 2 colorless to cast.
- The controller could tap the Fyndhorn Elves card to add 2 green mana to their mana pool.
- This ability could be played as an interrupt action.
Appearances[]
- Magic the Gathering: Ice Age (First appearance)
- Magic the Gathering: Deckmasters
- Magic the Gathering: Vintage Masters
- Magic the Gathering: From the Vault: Twenty
- Magic the Gathering Online: Masters Edition