Tahngarth, First Mate
Legendary Creature — Minotaur Warrior
Tahngarth can't be blocked by more than one creature.
Whenever an opponent attacks with one or more creatures, if Tahngarth is tapped, you may have that opponent gain control of Tahngarth until end of combat. If you do, choose a player or planeswalker that opponent is attacking. Tahngarth is attacking that player or planeswalker.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2019
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #15174
Tahngarth, First Mate is a 5/5 trampler that attacks through opponents' boards by riding their creatures — threatening combat damage without ever needing to swing from your own side. The cost is complete loss of control: your opponents choose which of their creatures he rides, and they will never let him into a profitable block.
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 the only format where Tahngarth, First Mate is genuinely interesting — his political dimension, the multiplayer attack step, and the table-wide threat he creates are all things that only exist in a four-player game. In Legacy and Vintage, a five-mana 5/5 with no immediate board impact and zero protection is unplayable; those formats have no patience for creatures that require opponents to attack before they do anything. The oathbreaker legality is technically present but similarly irrelevant — the two-player context strips away everything that makes Tahngarth, First Mate worth running.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Tahngarth, First Mate is pure bulk — the price reflects narrow demand from a niche political archetype rather than any supply issue. It's stable at this tier and unlikely to move unless a new goad-centric precon pushes the archetype into the mainstream.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.