Thundercloud Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Flying
: Tap all creatures with toughness 2 or less.: All other creatures lose flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #29732
Thundercloud Elemental taps all non-Elemental creatures when it enters and again whenever it attacks — a repeatable pseudo-wrath that leaves your board standing while everyone else's sits down. Seven mana is steep, but you're not paying for a body; you're paying for a lockdown engine.
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 |
Thundercloud Elemental lives almost entirely in Commander, where its attack trigger can lock a table of three opponents simultaneously and Elemental tribal support runs deep. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but will never see play — seven mana for a tap effect competes with formats where games end on turn one or two. Commander is the only home where the cost is acceptable and the payoff scales: the more opponents, the more creatures tapped, the more devastating the repeatable effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Thundercloud Elemental is deep bulk — easy to pick up in any common bin or $1 lot. It won't appreciate; niche tribal payoffs at this price point stay flat unless a new Elemental commander drives sudden demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.