Themberchaud
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Trample
When Themberchaud enters, he deals X damage to each other creature without flying and each player, where X is the number of Mountains you control.
You may exert Themberchaud as he attacks. When you do, he gains flying until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Secret Lair Drop
- Price
- $19.51
- EDHREC rank
- #12525
Themberchaud enters as a 6/6 trampling dragon that can steal any creature that deals combat damage to you, turning aggression into a liability for anyone who swings in. The cost — six mana, no evasion of its own — is real, but the threat it poses changes how opponents attack for the rest of the game.
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 where Themberchaud earns its keep: multiplayer tables mean more combat, more triggers, and more stolen threats, and six mana is trivially reachable by midgame in a format full of ramp. Legacy and Vintage are legal homes on paper, but a six-mana creature with no immediate board impact and no protection dies to a Force of Will or a Swords to Plowshares before it ever untaps, so it sees no competitive play there. Oathbreaker is possible but the faster pace and smaller life totals shrink the window where Themberchaud survives long enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Themberchaud's steal-on-damage trigger is unusual enough that no single card replicates it cleanly, but Boros Reckoner and Maze of Ith both punish attackers without spending six mana on a body. If the goal is theft, Zealous Conscripts or Act of Aggression do it proactively and cost a fraction of the price — they just don't sit on the board threatening to do it again every combat.
Price Context
Current price
$19.51 mid tier
At $19.51, Themberchaud sits in a mid-range tier that's hard to justify unless you're actively building around its trigger — it's a marquee card for a specific archetype, not a generic staple. Demand is driven almost entirely by Commander flavor and the Dungeons & Dragons crossover crowd, so the price is stable but unlikely to climb without a reprint bringing wider attention.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.