Arborback Stomper
Creature — Beast
Trample
When this creature enters, you gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Kaladesh
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20997
Arborback Stomper lands as a 5/4 trample with 5 life attached — a stabilizing body that hits hard and buys time in one package. Five mana is fair for what you get, but this is a role-player, not a powerhouse.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arborback Stomper is a casual Commander pickup — five mana for a 5/4 trample with 5 life gain is a reasonable rate in a format where games go long and lifetotals matter as a resource. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, it's technically legal but never played; there are simply better threats at this cost that don't ask you to spend a card on life gain. Commander is the one format where the combination of a sizeable body, trample, and incidental life gain occasionally earns a slot, particularly in decks that want to stabilize against aggressive tables or trigger enter-the-battlefield effects.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Current price data for Arborback Stomper isn't available in the system, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures. Given its niche Commander application and absence from competitive formats, it typically sits in bulk or near-bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up for pennies in a collection trade.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.