Gnathosaur
Creature — Dinosaur
Sacrifice an artifact: This creature gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirrodin Besieged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #30062
Gnathosaur hits the table as a 6/4 with trample, and attacking with it gives every creature you control trample until end of turn — a board-wide upgrade that turns a swarm into a bulldozer. Seven mana is a real ask, and you need to already be attacking for the ability to matter.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Gnathosaur slots into go-wide aggro decks that want a one-card answer to chump-block walls — Gruul creature strategies and token-flood builds are the natural homes. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern are non-starters; seven mana for a creature with no protection and no immediate board-breaking effect won't see play in any competitive 60-card context. Pauper is where Gnathosaur is actually legal at its intended power level, though even there the mana cost strains most archetypes.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Gnathosaur is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up by accident in a draft leftover pile. It will stay there; nothing about the effect is scarce enough to push price upward.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.