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Thud

Sorcery

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Thud deals damage equal to the sacrificed creature's power to any target.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Core Set 2019
Price
$0.62
EDHREC rank
#7004
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Thud card art
Thud deals damage equal to a creature's power directly to any target — for one red mana, that's a lethal fireball stapled to whatever you've already built. With Serra Avatar matching your life total or Thromok the Insatiable eating an entire board, one mana ends the game on the spot.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Thromok the Insatiable

Thromok the Insatiable

44.9% of decks · synergy 0.44

Thromok the Insatiable exists to devour tokens and become a triple-digit attacker, and Thud converts that number directly into a kill shot before blockers matter.

03
Brion Stoutarm

Brion Stoutarm

31.0% of decks · synergy 0.30

Brion Stoutarm throws creatures at opponents as a repeatable activated ability, and Thud fills the same role at instant speed for a fraction of the mana — run both.

04
Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder

Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder

23.2% of decks · synergy 0.22

Mr. Orfeo, the Boulder pumps attacking creatures to enormous power, and Thud means that power doesn't have to connect in combat to count as lethal damage.

05
Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes

11.5% of decks · synergy 0.11

Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes creates a Hamster that grows when it deals damage, and Thud short-circuits the combat requirement entirely once that power is high enough to matter.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Thud belongs — life totals start at 40, creatures regularly hit double-digit power, and one-mana spells that close games are never dead draws. In Modern and Pioneer the card is legal but competing against dedicated burn and combo decks that don't need a large creature in play first, which makes it too conditional to see serious play. Legacy and Vintage have the redundancy to make one-shot creature-damage lines work, but those formats move too fast for the setup Thud requires. Oathbreaker is a genuine home: planeswalker-powered creature builds can assemble a large attacker and a Thud kill in the same turn at a compressed game length.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.62 bulk tier

At $0.62, Thud is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in without a second thought. It's a narrow card with a high ceiling, so the price is stable; there's no crossover demand from other formats inflating it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.