Crash Through
Sorcery
Creatures you control gain trample until end of turn. (Each of those creatures can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
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- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $4.24
- EDHREC rank
- #2031
Crash Through gives your whole team trample and replaces itself for one mana — that combination is why it slots into nearly every red storm or prowess shell. If your commander is Urabrask, this is a ritual that also punches through blockers.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Urabrask
Urabrask decks run Crash Through because the cantrip triggers impulsive draw payoffs and every spell cast under Urabrask's tax pressure needs to pull double duty — trample on the team while replacing itself is exactly that. Nearly 70% of Urabrask lists run it for good reason.
Rionya, Fire Dancer
Rionya, Fire Dancer wants a high instant and sorcery count to maximize copy triggers, and Crash Through earns its slot by being a zero-net-card-cost spell that also makes the token army unlockable.
Narset, Enlightened Exile
Narset, Enlightened Exile can cast Crash Through from the graveyard after it connects, turning a one-mana cantrip into a recursive engine piece that keeps the spell count climbing each combat.
Bria, Riptide Rogue
Bria, Riptide Rogue cares about the number of instants and sorceries cast to grow connive counters and push through damage, and Crash Through does both jobs — it's a cheap spell on the count and the trample patches Bria's natural lack of evasion.
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician
Sokka, Tenacious Tactician rewards casting noncreature spells to trigger his ability, and Crash Through is as cheap as those spells get while still turning Sokka and friends into a trample threat that can't be chump-blocked forever.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Crash Through is a role-player, not a staple — it earns a slot in spell-count decks that need to hit a density threshold and can't afford to run dead cards. Pauper is where it has the most competitive relevance, showing up in Goblin and Kiln Fiend lists that need both the cantrip and the trample clause to close games through ground stalls. In Modern and Pioneer, Crash Through sees fringe play in Prowess shells where the one-mana cost is the only thing that matters; it's competed out by more powerful options as those formats mature. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it — the cantrip-to-impact ratio doesn't clear the bar when the competition is Brainstorm.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.24 cheap tier
At $4.24, Crash Through sits at the high end of what a one-mana cantrip should cost — most functional equivalents are under $1. The price is a product of cross-format casual demand rather than competitive scarcity, so it's unlikely to climb further but also unlikely to crater.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.