Charging Monstrosaur
Creature — Dinosaur
Trample, haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #16780
Charging Monstrosaur puts a 5/5 with trample and haste on the board for five mana — it hits the turn it lands and demands an immediate answer. The rate is unspectacular by Commander standards, but the keyword stack is honest and it never needs setup.
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 |
Charging Monstrosaur is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower clock and multiplayer board states are forgiving enough that a vanilla-adjacent five-drop can still pull weight in a Dinosaur tribal shell. In Modern or Pioneer the card is legal but irrelevant; five mana for a 5/5 with no enters-the-battlefield effect or protection gets outclassed by nearly every threat at that cost in those formats. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for obvious reasons. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Charging Monstrosaur is a tribe-specific role-player rather than a generic include.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Charging Monstrosaur is deep bulk — you'll find copies in any common box or thrown into trades for free. There's no meaningful price floor to worry about; pick it up whenever you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.