Balamb T-Rexaur
Creature — Dinosaur
Trample
When this creature enters, you gain 3 life.
Forestcycling 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a Forest card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Final Fantasy
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #11782
Balamb T-Rexaur is a 7/5 trampler for five mana — raw stats that punch above most curve competition at that slot. Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists turns it into a repeatable threat engine, but outside of Dinosaur synergy shells it's a vanilla beater competing in a format full of creatures that do more.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists reward you for casting and recurring Dinosaurs, and Balamb T-Rexaur's combination of size and trample makes it one of the most reliable damage sources in that engine — a 42% inclusion rate among Ellie and Alan decks reflects how naturally it slots in.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood wants high-power creatures that generate mana on attack, and Balamb T-Rexaur's 7 power feeds Alena's tap ability while Gilanra's ramp helps you land it ahead of curve.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Balamb T-Rexaur earns its slot specifically in Dinosaur tribal decks — Ellie and Alan lists being the clearest home — but outside that niche a 5-mana 7/5 with trample needs to do more to justify the slot at a 100-card table. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Standard it's outclassed by creatures that either cost less for comparable stats or come with enters-the-battlefield effects, making it a nonstarter in competitive builds. Pauper is the one format where raw, efficient stats matter most, and Balamb T-Rexaur is common-legal there, though five mana for a vanilla body still faces stiff competition from the format's best green threats.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Balamb T-Rexaur is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a collection lot rather than single out. It's unlikely to hold meaningful value unless Dinosaur tribal sees a breakout competitive moment, so buy it for the deck slot, not the price tag.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.