Spawn of Thraxes
Creature — Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals damage to any target equal to the number of Mountains you control.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.31
- EDHREC rank
- #10649
Spawn of Thraxes enters the battlefield and deals damage equal to the number of Mountains you control to any target — in a mono-red Commander deck at peak mana, that's often 10 or more damage the moment it lands. Seven mana is a real ask, but Feldon of the Third Path makes that cost irrelevant by recurring it from the graveyard for three mana a turn.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feldon of the Third Path
Feldon of the Third Path is the premier home for Spawn of Thraxes because Feldon turns a single cast into a repeatable end-of-turn missile — pay three mana, trigger the enters-the-battlefield damage again, sacrifice the token, repeat next turn.
Delina, Wild Mage
Delina, Wild Mage can copy Spawn of Thraxes on attack, and each non-token copy of Spawn that enters fires off another Mountain-count damage trigger — enough successful rolls and a wide board takes lethal from nowhere.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen floods the board with Dragon tokens, and Spawn of Thraxes slots in as both a payoff and a removal piece — every Mountain-heavy turn it enters is a free Lightning Bolt aimed anywhere on the table.
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 |
Spawn of Thraxes is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no play outside Commander — seven mana for a seven-power flier with a conditional ETB trigger simply cannot compete in any 60-card format where games end on turn four. In Commander it earns its slot specifically in mono-red or near-mono-red decks running enough Mountains to make the damage trigger lethal, and it's close to unplayable in two- or three-color red builds where the Mountain count stays low. Treat Spawn of Thraxes as a Commander-only card and evaluate it entirely on ETB-abuse potential.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.31 bulk tier
At $0.31, Spawn of Thraxes sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to pick up and easy to cut without regret. Bulk rares with narrow applications rarely climb in price, so buy it when you want it and don't hold extras expecting movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.