Thresher Beast
Creature — Beast
Whenever this creature becomes blocked, defending player sacrifices a land of their choice.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Prophecy
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #25437
Thresher Beast puts a 4/4 deathtouch body on the board that makes combat miserable for your opponents — every creature that blocks or gets blocked by it dies. The cost is real: seven mana for a vanilla-statted creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and no evasion is a steep ask in any powered environment.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thresher Beast occupies the awkward space of a defensive ground-pounder that doesn't close games — seven mana buys you a deterrent, not a threat, and most tables will simply go wide or fly over it. Pauper is the format where Thresher Beast is most plausible; the card pool is shallower, deathtouch on a large body matters more, and seven mana is occasionally reachable in ramp-heavy green shells. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the competition at that mana value is absurd and Thresher Beast offers nothing those formats care about.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Thresher Beast is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. There's no price floor to protect here; it sits at bulk and will stay there.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.