Bonethorn Valesk
Creature — Beast
Whenever a permanent is turned face up, this creature deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29964
Bonethorn Valesk pings every creature an opponent controls for 1 damage whenever a permanent you control is turned face up — in a morph-heavy deck, that snowballs fast. Five mana for a 3/3 is a steep rate, so this card earns its slot only if you're triggering it repeatedly.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Bonethorn Valesk is a Commander card almost by definition — the morph and megamorph synergies it demands require a critical mass of face-down permanents that a 99-card singleton deck can actually support. In Pauper and Legacy it's technically legal, but no competitive shell wants a five-mana 3/3 whose payoff is conditional on a mechanic those formats barely touch. Stick to Commander, and specifically to decks where turning permanents face up is a recurring engine rather than an occasional trick.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Bonethorn Valesk is pure bulk — there's no financial barrier to picking it up. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so grab a copy now if the deck calls for it and don't think twice.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.