Thawbringer
Creature — Insect Scout
When this creature enters or dies, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #21548
Thawbringer enters the battlefield and immediately taps down a target snow permanent your opponent controls, then untaps it during their upkeep — a one-time tempo hit that's honestly too soft to justify a slot in most lists. The effect is narrow, the delay is short, and snow as an archetype doesn't produce threats scary enough to warrant dedicated disruption.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thawbringer is a fringe role-player that only belongs in dedicated snow-tribal decks — even there, the tap effect is too short-lived to disrupt anything meaningful in a four-player game. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have zero interest in a three-mana 2/3 whose disruption resolves itself on the opponent's very next upkeep. Pioneer and Standard offer similar verdicts: the tempo swing is too small and too temporary to build around. Pauper is the one format where cheap, synergistic snow creatures see occasional play, and Thawbringer's common legality means it could slot into a budget snow shell — though better snow commons exist at this cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Thawbringer is deep bulk — a price that accurately reflects its narrow application and low demand outside snow-tribal Commander lists. Don't expect the price to move; the card's ceiling is determined entirely by whether snow tribal ever becomes a constructed force, and that's a long way off.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.