Aggressive Mammoth
Creature — Elephant
Trample (This creature can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
Other creatures you control have trample.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Core Set 2019
- Price
- $0.60
- EDHREC rank
- #5681
Aggressive Mammoth hands trample to your entire attacking squad the moment it enters — no setup, no activation, just a 6/6 that makes every creature on your board harder to chump-block. At six mana, it earns its slot cleanly, and in Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood builds it's often free off Alena's first swing of the turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood routinely generates enough red mana off a single attack to cast Aggressive Mammoth for free, and the Mammoth's trample grant immediately makes Alena herself harder to block out of combat.
Ghalta, Primal Hunger
Ghalta, Primal Hunger decks flood the board with high-power creatures, and Aggressive Mammoth turns that wide board into a trample army — opponents can no longer trade a 1/1 token to eat your biggest threat.
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder doubles the power of attacking creatures, so giving that team trample with Aggressive Mammoth means the amplified damage punches through blockers rather than getting soaked up entirely.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Aggressive Mammoth is legal across every major constructed format but sees essentially zero play outside Commander — six mana for a vanilla-ish body is nowhere near competitive in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where the format demands more efficient threats. In Standard it technically qualifies, but the same logic applies: you're not paying six for trample when cheaper options exist. Commander is where it lives, specifically in mono-green and Gruul creature builds that want a one-card answer to chump-block strategies and can hit six mana without strain.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.60 bulk tier
At $0.60, Aggressive Mammoth sits firmly in bulk territory — it's the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. Bulk rares with narrow, format-specific appeal don't appreciate meaningfully, so treat it as a pickup of convenience rather than a deliberate acquisition.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Ghalta, Primal Hunger
- Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.