Is Omnath, Locus of the Roil good in Commander?

Omnath, Locus of the Roil

Legendary Creature — Elemental

When Omnath enters, it deals damage to any target equal to the number of Elementals you control.
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on target Elemental you control. If you control eight or more lands, draw a card.

CMC: 4
Mana cost
Color identity: GRU
Rarity: mythic
Set: Core Set 2020
Price: $4.40
EDHREC rank: #3647

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Omnath, Locus of the Roil enters, pings something for damage equal to the number of Elementals you control, and replaces itself if you've got enough lands in play — all on a four-mana body that demands an answer. Pair it with Abundance to guarantee land drops and watch the trigger chain accelerate faster than most tables expect, especially alongside Ashling, the Limitless where every Elemental you flood the board with becomes lethal pressure.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Ashling, the Limitless

70.8% of decks · synergy 0.67

Ashling, the Limitless churns out Elemental tokens whenever she deals combat damage, so Omnath, Locus of the Roil enters a board already packed with the creatures that make its ping trigger punishing — the more tokens Ashling has made, the more damage Omnath distributes the moment it lands.

Omnath, Locus of Creation

48.8% of decks · synergy 0.34

Omnath, Locus of Creation generates mana and life off landfall triggers, and Omnath, Locus of the Roil slots in as a redundant Elemental that keeps the land-drop engine honest — two Omnanths in the same 99 means the landfall payoff chain rarely goes cold.

Averna, the Chaos Bloom

12.2% of decks · synergy 0.11

Averna, the Chaos Bloom cascades lands directly onto the battlefield, which accelerates the land-drop count Omnath, Locus of the Roil needs to draw cards — Averna does the setup work; Omnath converts it into card advantage.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is the format Omnath, Locus of the Roil was built for — the 100-card singleton environment gives it enough Elemental support and landfall pieces to fire its enter-the-battlefield trigger repeatedly and draw cards consistently. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but never sees play; four mana for a value creature that requires board setup is too slow for those formats. Modern and Pioneer have access to it, but the Elemental synergy package there is thinner and the card rarely makes competitive lists. Oathbreaker is a reasonable home if you want a Temur spells-and-lands game plan in a 60-card shell.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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