Charging Tuskodon
Creature — Dinosaur
Trample
If this creature would deal combat damage to a player, it deals double that damage to that player instead.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #15524
Charging Tuskodon turns every point of power into direct damage — if it connects, it doubles the clock. Six mana for a 4/4 with no evasion is a steep ask, and without trample or flying it rarely connects at all.
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 Tuskodon is a Commander-only consideration, and even there the bar is narrow. Competitive and mid-power tables cut it immediately — six mana for a vanilla-adjacent body with a conditional damage trigger doesn't move fast enough. It finds a home in dedicated Dinosaur tribal builds under commanders like Gishath, Sun's Avatar or Zacama, Primal Calamity, where the tribe's naturally high power stats make the double-damage clause occasionally relevant. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage but has no competitive application in any of them.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Charging Tuskodon is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; it won't climb without a dedicated Dinosaur synergy commander pushing demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.