Earthshaker Dreadmaw
Creature — Dinosaur
Trample
When this creature enters, draw a card for each other Dinosaur you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #2342
Earthshaker Dreadmaw enters swinging: a trampling Dinosaur that shakes the board on arrival and feeds any deck hungry for enrage or discover triggers. The cost is real — six mana is six mana — but Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor turns that entry into a chain, and in those shells the rate is unambiguously worth it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor is the premier home: Earthshaker Dreadmaw's enter-the-battlefield trigger synergizes directly with Owen's ability to train Raptors and compound value off each Dinosaur hitting the field.
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
Pantlaza, Sun-Favored's discover trigger fires the moment Earthshaker Dreadmaw enters, turning a six-drop into a cascading chain of free Dinosaurs and making every copy a two-for-one at minimum.
Gishath, Sun's Avatar
Gishath, Sun's Avatar cheats Earthshaker Dreadmaw onto the battlefield from the library, bypassing the mana cost entirely and letting the trample damage immediately threaten follow-up Gishath attacks.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood ramps hard into the late game, and Earthshaker Dreadmaw's power-to-mana ratio makes it an attractive top-end threat that Alena's mana generation can realistically deploy ahead of curve.
Zacama, Primal Calamity
Zacama, Primal Calamity decks want the board shaken before the nine-drop lands, and Earthshaker Dreadmaw fills that role as a midgame threat that clears the path for Zacama to close.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Earthshaker Dreadmaw is legal across every major format but sees meaningful play in exactly one: Commander. In 60-card formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, six mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is unplayable — the competition at that cost is Emrakul, Primeval Titan, and their peers. Standard is the only 60-card environment where Earthshaker Dreadmaw could theoretically slot into a Dinosaur tribal shell, though it remains firmly second-tier even there. Commander is where it lives, specifically inside Dinosaur tribal builds where the tribe matters more than raw efficiency and discover or enrage synergies justify the top-end slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, Earthshaker Dreadmaw is bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin, not tracking it on a spreadsheet. Bulk Dinosaurs with narrow tribal applications don't appreciate unless the tribe gets a breakout commander, so treat this as a cheap role-player, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
- Pantlaza, Sun-Favored
- Gishath, Sun's Avatar
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Zacama, Primal Calamity
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.