Sandsteppe Mastodon
Creature — Elephant
Reach
When this creature enters, bolster 5. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put five +1/+1 counters on it.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #20691
Sandsteppe Mastodon lands as a 7/7 reach that distributes four +1/+1 counters across your board — real, immediate impact for seven mana. The bounce clause with Stampeding Wildebeests turns that enter-the-battlefield trigger into a repeatable engine, but even standalone it's a threat that demands an answer.
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 |
Sandsteppe Mastodon is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower clock and creature-heavy tables make a 7/7 that pumps the team genuinely relevant, especially in decks that care about +1/+1 counters or ETB loops. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, seven mana for a vanilla-adjacent creature is unplayable; the counter distribution doesn't come close to justifying the cost when the game is often decided by turn four. Legacy and Vintage are even harsher environments where Sandsteppe Mastodon would never see a sideboard.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Sandsteppe MastodonStampeding WildebeestsSage of Hours
Infinite turns; Lock
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Sandsteppe Mastodon is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no pressure to pick up copies; supply is wide and demand is narrow enough that this price isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.