Rolling Thunder
Sorcery
Rolling Thunder deals X damage divided as you choose among any number of targets.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle Royale Box Set
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #12963
Rolling Thunder distributes X damage across any number of targets for a single spell, which means one card can kill a board of small creatures, dome multiple players, or split between a threat and a face. The cost is that it needs a lot of mana to matter — and outside of Hinata, Dawn-Crowned slashing its per-target price to nearly nothing, it's a slow, sorcery-speed payoff that better-resourced shells can usually outclass.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned
Hinata, Dawn-Crowned reduces the cost of spells that target multiple things, and Rolling Thunder targeting four separate permanents or players can drop from a prohibitive investment to something you cast on turn five and win the table — that cost reduction is the entire reason it shows up in 14% of Hinata lists.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rolling Thunder earns its slot almost exclusively in Hinata, Dawn-Crowned decks, where the cost reduction turns it into a game-ending mana sink at realistic spell counts. Outside that shell, sorcery speed and the raw mana requirement make it too slow for a format where the threats come down fast and untapping with ten open mana is rarely guaranteed. In Pauper, Rolling Thunder is a legitimate finisher in big-red or storm-adjacent strategies that can generate large mana totals, and the common printing keeps it accessible. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken alternatives that Rolling Thunder never sees competitive play, but it remains legal if you want it for a casual build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Rolling Thunder is bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Demand is narrow enough that the price won't climb unless Hinata, Dawn-Crowned spikes hard, so there's no urgency beyond picking up copies before you sleeve a deck that wants them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.