Meglonoth
Creature — Beast
Vigilance, trample
Whenever this creature blocks a creature, this creature deals damage to that creature's controller equal to this creature's power.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Salvat 2011
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #21349
Meglonoth punishes every attacking creature that targets it by dealing its power in damage back to that creature's controller — a six-power vigilance trampler that turns combat math into a death trap for opponents. Six mana is the real cost, and at that price it has to close games or generate immediate value to justify the slot.
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 |
Meglonoth is a Commander card through and through — the politics of multiplayer combat give its triggered ability repeated chances to fire, and group-slug or pillow-fort builds can weaponize it as a deterrent that also deals real damage. In Legacy and Vintage it is a legal curiosity with no competitive application; six mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no protection is unplayable in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one other format where the multiplayer table dynamics can make Meglonoth's punishment trigger relevant, though its card-disadvantage risk in a two-player context still limits it.
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Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data for Meglonoth isn't currently available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. As a casual-only mythic from a supplemental product with narrow competitive application, it typically sits in the bulk-rare range and is worth picking up cheaply for the right shell.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.