Elephant Ambush
Instant
Create a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
Flashback 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26944
Elephant Ambush puts a 3/3 trampler into play at instant speed for four mana — solid body, relevant keyword, no setup required. The flashback cost makes it a two-use trick, but six mana for the second copy means you're paying a steep premium for redundancy.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Elephant Ambush is a fringe role-player at best — four mana for a 3/3 is well below the power curve of the format, and the flashback rarely justifies the six-mana ask on a later turn. Pauper is where Elephant Ambush has the most legitimate footing: common-legal flash creatures that generate a body without telegraphing a sorcery-speed play have genuine applications in tempo and green stompy shells. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but nothing in those formats is asking for this effect at this price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Elephant Ambush sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is too narrow and supply too abundant for any upward pressure. Pick it up freely if a Pauper build calls for it; there's no financial consideration here.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.