Rampaging War Mammoth
Creature — Elephant
Trample
Cycling 
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- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #8587
Rampaging War Mammoth hits the board as a 6/6 with trample and an immediate forced-attack trigger that makes every creature your opponents control attack on their next turn — that's a real political weapon stapled to a body. The catch is five mana for a vanilla-statted effect that experienced tables will play around; Sauron, Lord of the Rings decks are the natural home because the forced-attack chaos feeds directly into the Ring temptation engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sauron, Lord of the Rings
Sauron, Lord of the Rings wants the Ring to tempt you repeatedly, and Rampaging War Mammoth forces opponents into attacks that trigger that engine while also feeding Sauron's army-of-Orcs payoff — nearly half of all Sauron lists run it for exactly this reason.
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld rewards attacking early and often, and Rampaging War Mammoth's forced-attack trigger sets up a chaotic combat step where Radha can punch through damage and generate mana off the ensuing pile-in.
Gavi, Nest Warden
Gavi, Nest Warden is a cycling commander, but the subset of Gavi lists that lean into chaos and free spells use Rampaging War Mammoth to destabilize the board state before dropping token payoffs into the wreckage.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
Ruby, Daring Tracker cares about creatures dealing combat damage, and Rampaging War Mammoth manufactures a board-wide attack step that Ruby can exploit to stack up counters and card advantage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Rampaging War Mammoth sees real play — the four-player table dynamic makes the forced-attack trigger genuinely disruptive, since you're redirecting three opponents' boards instead of one. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but completely unplayable; five mana for a 6/6 with a slow political effect doesn't compete with those formats' threats. Oathbreaker is theoretically legal but the smaller life totals and faster games make Rampaging War Mammoth too slow to matter. This is a Commander card through and through, and even there it occupies a narrow niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Rampaging War Mammoth is pure bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the cardboard. Bulk rares at this price point don't appreciate unless a format shift or Commander precon spotlight creates demand, and nothing on the horizon points that direction for this card.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.