Sardian Cliffstomper
Creature — Minotaur Barbarian
As long as it's your turn and you control four or more Mountains, this creature gets +X/+0, where X is the number of Mountains you control.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Brothers' War
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #14711
Sardian Cliffstomper enters as a 5/4 trampler with haste for three mana — the cost is that your hand must contain no non-Mountain lands, a condition Minotaur tribal shells built around red basics satisfy almost automatically. In Sethron, Hurloon General decks, this is a free aggressive threat; everywhere else, the restriction is too narrow to bother.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sethron, Hurloon General
Sethron, Hurloon General runs a dense red-basics mana base to fuel its Minotaur tribal engine, which means Sardian Cliffstomper's hand condition is almost never a liability — you're casting a 5/4 trampler with haste on turn three and immediately triggering Sethron's token-creating ability off the Minotaur subtype.
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 |
Sardian Cliffstomper is a Commander card, full stop. In Minotaur tribal builds under Sethron, Hurloon General, the deckbuilding constraint aligns naturally with the mono-red or heavy-red mana base those decks already want, making the clause nearly free. In competitive Constructed formats like Modern or Pioneer, a 5/4 haste trample for three is a real rate, but the restriction is punishing in any deck that runs fetchlands, shocklands, or multicolor fixing — which is every serious aggro or midrange shell in those formats. Legacy and Vintage have no realistic home for it given the fetch-heavy mana bases throughout the format. Sardian Cliffstomper is a narrow tribal payoff, and it earns its slot only in the specific Commander context that erases its downside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Sardian Cliffstomper is deep bulk — grab a copy without thinking twice if you're sleeving up Sethron, Hurloon General. Bulk rares with narrow tribal conditions don't climb in price; this one stays a throw-in.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.