Loxodon Punisher
Creature — Elephant Soldier
This creature gets +2/+2 for each Equipment attached to it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirrodin
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #24228
Loxodon Punisher tops out as a 6/6 or better for four mana, but only if your opponents are the ones suiting up with equipment and auras — a condition you cannot control. The payoff is real when it lands, and nonexistent when it doesn't.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Loxodon Punisher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, it fits narrowest in decks that punish enchantress or Voltron strategies — opponents stacking Swords and Umbras will hand you a massive creature for free, but that read on the table has to be correct before you cast it. In Legacy and Vintage, a four-mana vanilla body with a conditional upside doesn't clear the bar, and Modern has long since moved past this kind of build-around. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict: niche hate piece, not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Loxodon Punisher is deep bulk — the price reflects honest demand. It won't climb unless a Commander precon or equipment-heavy meta suddenly makes conditional power-scaling relevant, and neither looks likely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.