Terastodon
Creature — Elephant
When this creature enters, you may destroy up to three target noncreature permanents. For each permanent put into a graveyard this way, its controller creates a 3/3 green Elephant creature token.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #1300
Terastodon enters and immediately destroys up to three noncreature permanents — lands included — replacing each with a 3/3 Elephant token for whoever you just hit. Eight mana is steep, but the floor on this card is blowing up three of your own lands to make three 3/3s, and the ceiling is dismantling an opponent's entire board state in a single trigger. Mayael the Anima cheats the cost entirely, which is exactly why Terastodon shows up in over half of those decks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mayael the Anima
Mayael the Anima's activated ability puts Terastodon directly onto the battlefield, bypassing the eight-mana cost and turning a five-card reveal into a three-permanent removal spell with a 9/9 body attached.
Kona, Rescue Beastie
Kona, Rescue Beastie cares about getting large creatures into play cheaply, and Terastodon's combination of raw size and enters-the-battlefield removal makes it one of the most impactful drops Kona can cheat out.
Nikya of the Old Ways
Nikya of the Old Ways doubles mana from creatures and lands only, so every spell in the 99 has to earn its slot — Terastodon earns it by functioning as a board wipe and a threat simultaneously the turn it resolves.
Svella, Ice Shaper
Svella, Ice Shaper's activated ability can cast spells directly off the top of the library for free, and Terastodon is exactly the kind of high-cost haymaker that ability was built to cheat into play.
Oviya, Automech Artisan
Oviya, Automech Artisan generates artifact tokens and rewards going wide with large creatures, and Terastodon slots in as a top-end threat that clears problematic noncreature permanents on the way to building a board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Terastodon lives — eight mana is manageable in a 40-life format with green ramp, and the ability to target any noncreature permanent, including lands, gives it angles that most removal spells can't match. In Legacy and Vintage, Terastodon is legal but irrelevant: those formats end before eight mana is a realistic ask, and Reanimator is the only shell that would even consider it. Oathbreaker is legal territory but slower than Legacy, so the same cost ceiling applies — it sees fringe play in green ramp oathbreaker shells at best. Standard and Pioneer don't have access to Terastodon at all, and Pauper's rarity restriction keeps it out entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Terastodon is bulk — every reprint has kept it accessible, and there's no pressure driving the price up. It's a safe pickup that will stay in this tier unless a major format shift puts eight-mana green staples in the spotlight.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.