Subterranean Tremors
Sorcery
Subterranean Tremors deals X damage to each creature without flying. If X is 4 or more, destroy all artifacts. If X is 8 or more, create an 8/8 red Lizard creature token.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Mystical Archive
- Price
- $1.51
- EDHREC rank
- #14743
Subterranean Tremors is a scaling X-spell board wipe that destroys artifacts at 4, wipes all non-Lizard creatures at 8, and drops a 8/8 Lizard token at 12 — all on one card. The cost is that you need meaningful mana to make it worth a slot, and it does nothing below 4.
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 |
Subterranean Tremors is a Commander card — the format's slow pace and ramp-heavy decks are exactly the context where an X-spell that wipes artifacts, creatures, and leaves a token can all happen on the same card in the same game. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but irrelevant; those formats end before you accumulate the mana to make any of the thresholds matter. Oathbreaker shares Commander's ramp culture, but the 20-life total and faster clocks make a conditional board wipe at X=8 a risky bet. Play Subterranean Tremors in Commander and nowhere else.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.51 cheap tier
At $1.51, Subterranean Tremors sits at exactly the price you'd expect for a niche X-spell with a narrow but devoted audience. It won't climb — the demand ceiling is low — but it won't disappear from dollar bins either.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.