Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher
Artifact Creature — Construct // Artifact Creature — Construct
: Add one mana of any color. Put an omen counter on this creature.
At the beginning of your end step, if there are three or more omen counters on this creature, untap it, then transform it.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #12307
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher is a mana rock that transforms into a 4/4 trampler, and the payoff for flipping it is front-loaded into the artifact side — three consecutive untap triggers is a real condition, but the Statue generates its own mana toward meeting it. Outside of dedicated artifact-matters builds centered on Tetzin, Gnome Champion, there are faster, simpler rocks that don't ask you to wait three turns before dealing combat damage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher appears in nearly half of all Tetzin, Gnome Champion decks because Tetzin rewards you for controlling artifacts and dealing combat damage with them — the Statue's transformation condition lines up exactly with what Tetzin wants you to be doing anyway, and the Forsaken Thresher side continues to pressure opponents as a trampling threat that keeps fueling the artifact count.
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 |
Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is its natural home — the slower pace of multiplayer gives the Statue time to accumulate its three untap triggers, and artifact-synergy commanders like Tetzin make the transformation condition nearly trivial. In competitive eternal formats like Legacy and Vintage, a three-turn setup for a 4/4 is far too slow when the format's threats close games on turn one or two. Modern and Pioneer are similar stories: the Statue competes against efficient threats and interaction that punish slow, conditional payoffs, so it sees essentially no play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Foreboding Statue // Forsaken Thresher is firmly bulk, which is accurate for a card that only functions at full power in a single narrow archetype. Bulk rares with one-commander appeal tend to stay at this price floor, so don't expect movement unless Tetzin-style artifact builds spike in popularity.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Tetzin, Gnome Champion
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.