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Tannuk, Steadfast Second

Legendary Creature — Kavu Pilot

Other creatures you control have haste.
Artifact cards and red creature cards in your hand have warp {2}{R}. (You may cast a card from your hand for its warp cost. Exile that permanent at the beginning of the next end step, then you may cast it from exile on a later turn.)

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Edge of Eternities Promos
Price
$2.50
EDHREC rank
#5079
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Tannuk, Steadfast Second card art
Tannuk, Steadfast Second turns any combat step into a potential infinite-combat loop — pair it with Breath of Fury and a token-generating attacker and the game ends on the spot. The cost is a three-mana 3/3 with no protection, so it lives and dies by whether you can combo off before removal resolves; Herigast, Erupting Nullkite decks accept that trade enthusiastically.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite

27.1% of decks · synergy 0.25

Herigast, Erupting Nullkite is the deck where Tannuk, Steadfast Second most often closes the game — Herigast already wants to attack repeatedly, and Tannuk's infinite-combat setup plugs directly into that gameplan without needing extra infrastructure.

02
Neriv, Heart of the Storm

Neriv, Heart of the Storm

22.2% of decks · synergy 0.21

Neriv, Heart of the Storm cares about extra turns and end-step triggers, and Tannuk, Steadfast Second's ability to chain combat steps generates exactly the kind of repeated trigger accumulation that Neriv wants to exploit.

03
Obeka, Brute Chronologist

Obeka, Brute Chronologist

20.9% of decks · synergy 0.20

Obeka, Brute Chronologist ends turns on command, which creates a natural home for Tannuk, Steadfast Second — Obeka's ability to skip end steps and loop turn structure pairs with Tannuk's combat-step recycling to produce redundant win conditions in the same shell.

04

Megatron, Tyrant

14.9% of decks · synergy 0.14

Megatron, Tyrant wants to convert combat damage into resource advantage, and Tannuk, Steadfast Second provides the extra attack steps that let Megatron fire his triggered ability multiple times in a single turn.

05

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant

13.4% of decks · synergy 0.11

Clive, Ifrit's Dominant rewards aggressive, attack-heavy turns, and Tannuk, Steadfast Second is a natural fit for any commander that benefits from stringing together additional combat steps to maximize damage and triggers.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Tannuk, Steadfast Second is legal across every major constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander — the combo payoff is too slow and telegraphed for Legacy or Vintage, where a three-mana creature needs to do something the turn it enters. In Standard and Pioneer the card is technically legal but the infinite-combat package it wants isn't competitive enough to show up in those metas. Commander is where Tannuk, Steadfast Second actually belongs: multiplayer games give you the time to assemble the pieces, and the political cover to survive long enough to use them.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

165 decks
Breath of FuryTannuk, Steadfast Second

Breath of FuryTannuk, Steadfast Second

Infinite LTB; Infinite ETB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite death triggers; Infinite combat phases; Infinite creature tokens with haste; Infinite untap of creatures you control; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite combat damage

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Price Context

Current price

$2.50 cheap tier

At $2.50, Tannuk, Steadfast Second sits at a reasonable entry point for a card with a real combo ceiling — cheap enough to slot in without justification, not so bulk that supply will make it hard to find. Demand is commander-specific rather than broad, so the price is unlikely to spike dramatically unless a high-profile deck pushes the combo into the spotlight.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.