Frontier Mastodon
Creature — Elephant
Ferocious — This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if you control a creature with power 4 or greater.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #24001
Frontier Mastodon is a 3/2 for three mana that becomes a 3/3 if you control a creature with power four or greater — a minor upside stapled to a below-rate body. Vanilla-adjacent stats at three mana don't clear the bar in any competitive context, and the conditional +1/+1 doesn't change that verdict.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frontier Mastodon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability aren't the same thing. In Commander, a 3/2 or 3/3 for three mana with no ETB, no evasion, and no text beyond a size check competes against Sakura-Tribe Elder, Selvala, Heart of the Wilds, and every other three-drop that actually advances a board state. Pauper is the only format where Frontier Mastodon could theoretically slot into a stompy shell, but even there the common card pool has more efficient beaters with keywords. Across every format, there's a better creature at this cost doing more work.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Frontier Mastodon sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that fills a commons box, not a deck slot. Bulk stays bulk; there's no realistic scenario where demand lifts this price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.