Thundering Broodwagon
Artifact — Vehicle
Menace, reach
When this Vehicle enters, destroy target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value 4 or less.
Crew 3
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22714
Thundering Broodwagon enters with a crew of five 1/1 Goblin tokens and a static buff that gives every Goblin you control +1/+0 and haste — that's an immediate board presence plus a lord effect on a single card. Seven mana is the honest cost, and the ceiling is high enough in token-go-wide strategies to justify it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thundering Broodwagon is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and go-wide tribal synergies are exactly where a seven-mana token engine with a built-in lord effect earns its slot. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, seven mana is a non-starter; the card doesn't interact early, doesn't close games efficiently, and gets outpaced by everything else at that price point. Standard is the one exception where it could see fringe play if a Goblin synergy deck materializes, but the raw rate still lags behind dedicated tribal payoffs at lower costs.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Thundering Broodwagon is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as you need without a second thought. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely appreciate unless a breakout deck drives demand, so treat this as a cheap pickup for the value it provides on the battlefield, not as a spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.