Mosstodon
Creature — Plant Elephant
: Target creature with power 5 or greater gains trample until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #22636
Mosstodon gives you a 5/4 body with a conditional trample enabler stapled on — relevant power and toughness for five mana, but the activated ability costs green and requires tapping, which limits it to combat tricks that rarely materialize. Vanilla-adjacent stats at five mana don't clear the bar in Commander.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mosstodon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it sees any real consideration is Pauper, where common-card power floors are lower and a 5/4 with upside occupies a competitive size bracket. In Commander, five mana for a creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and a marginal activated ability is not a justifiable slot — green has access to far more impactful five-drops. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage don't touch Mosstodon at all; the competition at that mana value is simply in a different league.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Mosstodon is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand and no spike scenario that changes the calculus.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.