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Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

Legendary Creature — Mole God

Whenever Anzrag becomes blocked, untap each creature you control. After this phase, there is an additional combat phase.
{3}{R}{R}{G}{G}: Anzrag must be blocked each combat this turn if able.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{G}
Color identity
GR
Rarity
mythic
Set
Murders at Karlov Manor
Price
$5.35
EDHREC rank
#2714
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Anzrag, the Quake-Mole card art
Anzrag, the Quake-Mole turns every blocked attack into a free combat phase, and any deck that runs large power-matters pieces like Zilortha, Strength Incarnate or Anara, Wolvid Familiar wants that engine badly. Eight mana is the real cost — but once Anzrag hits the table, opponents are stuck choosing between taking unblockable damage and handing you infinite combats.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

Zilortha, Strength Incarnate

57.4% of decks · synergy 0.50

Zilortha, Strength Incarnate assigns lethal combat damage using power rather than toughness, which means Anzrag, the Quake-Mole's massive 8/4 body threatens to trample through anything while triggering extra combats the moment a blocker gets in the way.

02
General Marhault Elsdragon

General Marhault Elsdragon

58.0% of decks · synergy 0.50

General Marhault Elsdragon rewards attacking with rampage — buffing your creatures for each blocker assigned — so the opponent is punished whether they block or not, and Anzrag, the Quake-Mole turns any blocking decision into a full second combat on top of that.

03
Xenagos, God of Revels

Xenagos, God of Revels

56.6% of decks · synergy 0.49

Xenagos, God of Revels doubles a creature's power and grants haste at the start of combat, making Anzrag, the Quake-Mole a 16/8 threat that can swing the turn it enters and immediately trigger its extra-combat clause if anything dares to block.

04
Tifa, Martial Artist

Tifa, Martial Artist

49.6% of decks · synergy 0.48

Tifa, Martial Artist scales off the number of times creatures deal combat damage, so chaining extra combats with Anzrag, the Quake-Mole is exactly the engine she wants to snowball her damage counters as fast as possible.

05
Eshki, Temur's Roar

Eshki, Temur's Roar

42.7% of decks · synergy 0.40

Eshki, Temur's Roar cares about attacking with large creatures, and Anzrag, the Quake-Mole supplies both the size and the recursion of combat steps to let Eshki's triggers stack up in a single turn.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Anzrag, the Quake-Mole lives — the format's slower pace gives you time to hit eight mana, and the three-opponent table means the extra-combat trigger almost always finds a target willing to block and hand you another swing. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, eight mana is a near-impossible ask; there are faster, cheaper win conditions that don't require surviving to turn seven or eight. Legacy and Vintage share that same problem and add a threat density that makes a slow creature-based payoff look even less competitive. Standard is the one constructed format where Anzrag could theoretically see play in a ramp shell, but the lack of a clear combo partner keeps it fringe at best.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

If eight mana is a hurdle, Aggravated Assault fills a similar extra-combat role for five mana and can go infinite with enough mana-generating creatures — it lacks Anzrag, the Quake-Mole's built-in body and the opponent-triggered free combat, but it's repeatable every turn. Savage Beating costs five and gives the immediate double-combat without requiring a blocker, though it's a one-shot spell rather than a persistent threat.

Price Context

Current price

$5.35 mid tier

At $5.35, Anzrag, the Quake-Mole sits in the mid tier — affordable enough to slot into a deck without much deliberation, but not so cheap that it's an obvious bulk pickup. Given its synergy density in Gruul and power-matters strategies, the price looks stable rather than inflated.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.