Crater's Claws
Sorcery
Crater's Claws deals X damage to any target.
Ferocious — Crater's Claws deals X plus 2 damage instead if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15683
Crater's Claws is a scalable X-damage spell that hits any target and gains +2 damage whenever you control a Savage creature — a conditional upside that matters enormously in the right shell and not at all outside it. Run it when you can reliably trigger Ferocious; skip it when you can't.
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 |
In Commander, Crater's Claws is a late-game mana sink that can close out a single opponent once you've accumulated enough mana — the Ferocious bonus pushes it from functional to threatening in green-red stompy builds. Outside of Commander, it competes in a crowded field: Modern and Pioneer both have access to more efficient burn, and without a dedicated Ferocious payoff deck there's almost no reason to choose Crater's Claws over a cheaper spell. Legacy is the same story — the card is legal but irrelevant at that power level. Oathbreaker is where it finds a second home, particularly under a high-power green commander where mana scales fast and the Ferocious trigger is nearly guaranteed.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available for Crater's Claws at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. Given its narrow competitive application, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory and is easy to pick up cheaply if you need it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.