Cacophodon
Creature — Dinosaur
Enrage — Whenever this creature is dealt damage, untap target permanent.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #10807
Cacophodon turns every enrage trigger into a free untap, which is the core engine Wayta, Trainer Prodigy exploits to chain activated abilities without spending additional mana. The cost is a five-mana 3/4 with no evasion — you're paying for the effect, not the body, and if your deck isn't built around enrage it earns nothing.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy pings your own creatures to trigger enrage, and Cacophodon converts each of those pings into an untap — letting Wayta immediately activate again for effectively zero additional mana, turning a one-shot ability into a repeating loop.
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 |
Cacophodon is a Commander card in practice. The enrage mechanic requires build-around support — creatures that care about being damaged — and that kind of tribal infrastructure only comes together in the 99. Outside of Commander, the effect is too slow and too conditional to compete: five mana for a 3/4 with a situational untap trigger doesn't clear the bar in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where threats at this cost need immediate board impact. Oathbreaker is technically legal but faces the same problem. Stick to enrage Commander builds.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Wayta, Trainer ProdigyCacophodon
Infinite damage; Infinite mana permanents you control can produce
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Wayta, Trainer ProdigySiegehorn CeratopsCacophodon
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Wayta, Trainer ProdigyCacophodonPolyraptor
Infinite creature tokens; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB
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CacophodonRite of PassagePyrohemia
Infinite damage; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters
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Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Cacophodon is deep bulk — the price reflects that it sees play in exactly one Commander archetype and nowhere else. Don't expect movement unless a new enrage commander pushes the archetype into wider popularity.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.