Rhonas's Last Stand
Sorcery
Create a 5/4 green Snake creature token. Lands you control don't untap during your next untap step.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Hour of Devastation
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #26266
Rhonas's Last Stand puts a 5/4 trampler on the board for two mana — one of the best rate-per-mana creatures green has ever gotten at sorcery speed. The cost is real: your lands don't untap next turn, which can mean losing two full mana in the midgame, so you run it because the body's worth it, not despite the cost.
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 |
In Commander, Rhonas's Last Stand is a fringe inclusion — the skipped untap is punishing in a format where you need mana open for interaction, and a 5/4 with no built-in evasion beyond trample rarely closes games at a four-player table. Modern and Legacy have largely passed it by; two-mana 5/4s are strong in theory, but the tempo loss on turn two of a fast format can cost you the game outright. Pioneer is where Rhonas's Last Stand has the most theoretical home, slotting into aggressive green shells that curve out fast enough that skipping land untaps on turn three matters less. Across formats, the honest read is the same: it's a curiosity, not a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Rhonas's Last Stand is bulk — easy to acquire, easy to throw in a brew without thinking about the cost. Don't expect that to move; casual demand for a card with a real drawback and no competitive pedigree keeps it pinned at the floor.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.