Thoughtrender Lamia
Enchantment Creature — Lamia
Constellation — Whenever this creature or another enchantment you control enters, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Journey into Nyx
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #10463
Thoughtrender Lamia lands and immediately strips a card from every opponent's hand — that's up to three discard triggers before you untap. The cost is a five-mana 3/3 with no evasion, which means Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal and dedicated enchantment shells are the only homes where that rate is actually worth the slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal rewards opponents discarding cards, so Thoughtrender Lamia's enter-the-battlefield trigger and recurring constellation-fueled discard pressure feed the engine directly — nearly 39% of Victor decks run it for exactly that reason.
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor pushes curse-heavy enchantment builds where Thoughtrender Lamia's constellation trigger fires repeatedly as curses land on opponents, turning the board into a steady discard machine.
Daxos the Returned
Daxos the Returned cares about enchantment count for spirit token generation, and Thoughtrender Lamia slots in as a constellation enabler that also applies hand pressure — utility and body in one card for an archetype that wants every enchantment to pull double duty.
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 |
Thoughtrender Lamia is a Commander card through and through — the multiplayer math is the only context where a five-mana 3/3 that makes three opponents each discard a card is a reasonable rate. In Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, sorcery-speed discard on a creature this expensive doesn't compete with dedicated discard suites, and the constellation trigger requires a density of enchantments that those formats rarely assemble. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where Thoughtrender Lamia earns another look, specifically under a planeswalker commander running a constellation or discard subtheme.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Thoughtrender Lamia is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or a singleton without any budget consideration. That price is stable; niche enchantment synergy cards at this rate don't spike unless a Commander precon pushes the archetype into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Victor, Valgavoth's Seneschal
- Lynde, Cheerful Tormentor
- Daxos the Returned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.