Crater Elemental
Creature — Elemental
, 
, Sacrifice this creature: It deals 4 damage to target creature.
Formidable — 
: This creature has base power 8 until end of turn. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25229
Crater Elemental taps to deal damage equal to its power to target creature, then resets its power to 4 — a repeatable removal spell stapled to a body that refuels itself every turn. The catch is summoning sickness and the tap requirement, which means you need a haste enabler or a patient gameplan to get real value out of it.
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 |
Crater Elemental sees essentially no competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer — the rate is too slow and the body too fragile for non-rotating formats where efficient threats and answers both outclass it. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there Crater Elemental is a niche pick: it fits in elemental tribal shells, power-matters decks, and anything running Umezawa's Jitte-style counters manipulation, but it rarely makes the cut over simpler damage outlets. The repeatable damage trigger is genuinely interesting in Fury or Omnath builds where you can abuse the reset clause, but those decks usually have cleaner options.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Crater Elemental right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its narrow Commander applicability and near-zero competitive presence, expect bulk rare territory — likely under a dollar.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.