Lathnu Sailback
Creature — Lizard
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29371
Lathnu Sailback is a 5/4 for five mana with a serious drawback: you must spend two energy at the start of each upkeep or it taps itself, rendering it useless until you pay up. Outside of a dedicated energy shell, that clause makes it a liability no competitive deck wants.
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 |
Lathnu Sailback is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but being legal and being playable are different things. In Commander, the energy cost is manageable only if your deck is already generating energy through cards like Aether Hub or Glimmer of Genius — without that infrastructure, Lathnu Sailback becomes a 5/4 that taps itself every upkeep. In Pauper, where common creatures are evaluated on raw efficiency, a five-mana 5/4 with an upkeep tax simply doesn't compete with what the format offers. Across every 60-card format, better vanilla and near-vanilla threats exist at the same cost, so Lathnu Sailback has no realistic competitive home in any of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Lathnu Sailback isn't currently available, but as a bulk common with no competitive applications, expect to find it in the penny bin or as a throw-in. There is no meaningful demand driving the price up, so picking up copies costs essentially nothing.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.