Looming Altisaur
Creature — Dinosaur
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #17917
Looming Altisaur is a 1/10 for five mana — a wall with a dinosaur type stapled on, and nothing else. Outside of very specific toughness-matters or Dinosaur tribal synergies, it does not belong in competitive or casual 60-card formats and earns a roster spot in Commander only through niche synergy, never on raw stats.
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 |
Looming Altisaur is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different questions. In Commander it has the highest ceiling, slotting into Doran, the Siege Tower lists that convert toughness into power, or Gishath, Sun's Avatar Dinosaur tribal builds that just want the creature type. In Pauper the 1/10 body can stall aggro indefinitely, though five mana for a do-nothing blocker is a steep ask in a format that rewards efficiency. Everywhere else — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pioneer — Looming Altisaur is unplayable; those formats punish five-mana vanilla creatures regardless of how large the toughness number is.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Looming Altisaur is deep bulk — you will find copies in any common box at your local game store for less than the shipping cost of ordering one online. There is no reason to expect the price to move; demand is narrow and supply is abundant, so pick it up in person if a specific synergy calls for it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.