Sawtusk Demolisher
Creature — Beast
Mutate 
(If you cast this spell for its mutate cost, put it over or under target non-Human creature you own. They mutate into the creature on top plus all abilities from under it.)
Trample
Whenever this creature mutates, destroy target noncreature permanent. Its controller creates a 3/3 green Beast creature token.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $2.82
- EDHREC rank
- #6187
Sawtusk Demolisher lands as a 7/6 trample and immediately polymorph-destroys any nonland permanent an opponent controls — that's a Vindicate stapled to a game-ending body. The catch is the seven-mana price tag, which limits it to decks that can either cheat it into play or recur it repeatedly; Otrimi, the Ever-Playful does both, and Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker copies it for free removal every turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful was practically built around Sawtusk Demolisher — Otrimi mutates onto it to trigger the polymorph removal again, then returns it from the graveyard to hand so you can replay and repeat the engine across multiple turns.
Illuna, Apex of Wishes
Illuna, Apex of Wishes cheats Sawtusk Demolisher directly onto the battlefield off a mutate trigger, letting you skip the seven-mana cost and land the removal effect for free.
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies spells that target Sawtusk Demolisher, and in a dedicated mutate shell the Demolisher serves as a high-power target that generates value every time it's the recipient of a mutate stack.
Nethroi, Apex of Death
Nethroi, Apex of Death reanimates Sawtusk Demolisher from the graveyard with its mutate trigger, recovering a 7/6 trample and its destruction clause without paying the casting cost again.
Tatsunari, Toad Rider
Tatsunari, Toad Rider runs Sawtusk Demolisher as a late-game top-end threat in a sultai shell where the Demolisher's removal on entry clears the biggest blocker before Tatsunari's Frog token finishes the job.
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 where Sawtusk Demolisher actually lives — the singleton format rewards high-impact ETB effects, and wiping out any nonland permanent on a 7/6 trample body is exactly the kind of haymaker that justifies a top-end slot. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; seven mana doesn't compete in formats where games often end on turn one or two, and there's no shell that wants this effect at that cost when faster alternatives exist. Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are all off the table, so the competitive conversation starts and ends with Commander. In Commander, the card is best evaluated not as a standalone but as a mutate-chain piece: the more times you can trigger or recur its ability in a single game, the more it justifies the mana investment.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror BreakerSawtusk Demolisher
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite tapped creature tokens
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Current price
$2.82 cheap tier
At $2.82, Sawtusk Demolisher sits in the cheap tier — reasonable for a card that sees play almost exclusively in dedicated mutate builds rather than generalist green stompy lists. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to spike, so there's no urgency, but it's also not a bulk rare you'll find in every trade binder.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.