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Godsire

Creature — Beast

Vigilance
{T}: Create an 8/8 Beast creature token that's red, green, and white.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{4}{R}{G}{G}{W}
Color identity
GRW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Shards of Alara
Price
$3.55
EDHREC rank
#14965
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Godsire card art
Godsire hits the table as an 8/8 vigilance that manufactures an 8/8 token every single combat — the problem is getting to eight mana. Pair it with Thornbite Staff or slot it into Mayael the Anima and the raw token output becomes genuinely oppressive; in a fair shell without acceleration, it just sits in hand.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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Mayael the Anima

Mayael the Anima

36.1% of decks · synergy 0.35

Mayael the Anima cheats Godsire into play for three mana at end of turn, then untaps it so the token-making ability fires immediately — that's an 8/8 body plus an 8/8 token by your next upkeep without spending a single land drop on it.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Godsire actually lives — the singleton format's slower clocks and multiplayer politics give an eight-mana creature enough time to land, and the token engine punishes any table that doesn't answer it immediately. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but unplayable; eight mana is a game-ending spell in those formats, and Godsire doesn't end the game fast enough to compete with what those decks are doing at that cost. Modern is the same story: the rate isn't embarrassing, but the format's threat density means an 8/8 that doesn't win on resolution gets outpaced. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home for Godsire in big-mana Naya builds, though the faster pace of the format narrows the window.

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Price Context

Current price

$3.55 cheap tier

At $3.55, Godsire sits in budget territory for an eight-mana mythic with a repeating token engine — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any weakness in raw stats. It's a stable cheap pickup that's unlikely to spike without a major reprint synergy, but don't buy it expecting growth; buy it because you want to cast it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.