Thorn Elemental
Creature — Elemental
You may have this creature assign its combat damage as though it weren't blocked.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #18186
Thorn Elemental hits players directly regardless of blockers — a 7/7 that ignores the board entirely on offense is a real clock. Seven mana for a vanilla-ish body with no ETB and no protection is the dealbreaker in any competitive context.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thorn Elemental is a Commander card, and even there it sits at the fringe — you run it in green stompy lists that want redundant trample-style finishers and don't have access to better ones. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it is simply unplayable; seven mana buys you game-ending threats with far more text. Vintage is legal but irrelevant. Commander is the only format where its ability to bypass a stacked board has any practical argument, and even then Siege Behemoth or Aggressive Mammoth do the same job with more upside.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Thorn Elemental is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: demand is minimal and unlikely to move it.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.