Cavern Thoctar
Creature — Beast
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #30489
Cavern Thoctar is a 6/6 for seven mana with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text worth building around. Raw stats at that price point are not a strategy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Cavern Thoctar is a bulk rare that sees essentially no competitive play across any format where it's legal. In Commander, seven mana for a vanilla 6/6 is a liability — that slot belongs to creatures that generate value, close games, or enable a combo. In Pauper it's legal but irrelevant; the format's creature suite is built around efficiency, not overcosted bodies. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters at this cost and power level.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Cavern Thoctar is deep bulk — the kind of card that shows up in bulk lots and draft chaff boxes. There is no pressure on that price to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.