Ivorytusk Fortress
Creature — Elephant
Untap each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it during each other player's untap step.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BGW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Khans of Tarkir Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16966
Ivorytusk Fortress untaps your creatures with +1/+1 counters at the start of each opponent's untap step — a passive vigilance engine that turns every counters-matter board into a wall of available blockers and tap-ability fodder on every turn of the table. Five mana for a 7/7 with reach and trample is already a fair rate; the untap trigger is the reason Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan lists run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan
Felothar, Dawn of the Abzan distributes +1/+1 counters across the board aggressively, which means Ivorytusk Fortress turns the entire team into pseudo-vigilance threats — attack on your turn, untap on each opponent's turn, and block or activate abilities without ever leaving yourself exposed.
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 |
Ivorytusk Fortress is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it's a Commander card through and through. In a multiplayer game with three opponents, the untap trigger fires three times per full rotation — that's an enormous amount of free value that simply doesn't exist in 1v1 formats. In Legacy or Modern, a five-mana creature needs to win the game immediately or protect itself, and Ivorytusk Fortress does neither; it's too slow and too passive for those tables. Stick to Commander and Oathbreaker, where the multi-opponent structure turns the untap engine into a legitimate advantage.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Ivorytusk Fortress isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. Given its narrow Commander-specific role and limited reprint history, it tends to sit in the bulk-rare-to-low-dollar range — worth picking up if you're building a counters-matters shell, but not a card you need to chase urgently.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.