Thundering Sparkmage
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, it deals X damage to target creature or planeswalker, where X is the number of creatures in your party. (Your party consists of up to one each of Cleric, Rogue, Warrior, and Wizard.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26234
Thundering Sparkmage enters and pings any target for 1 damage, then does it again whenever you cast a spell with the same name as a card in your graveyard — that's a repeatable, stackable damage trigger stapled to a 3/2 body for four mana. It's a role-player, not a centerpiece, but in the right shell it generates real value.
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 |
In Commander, Thundering Sparkmage earns its slot in spell-recursion and graveyard-synergy builds where casting the same spell repeatedly is already the plan — think Mizzix of the Izmagnus storm lines or Kalamax, the Stormsire copying instants that end up in the yard. In Modern and Pioneer it's competing against far more efficient pingers and damage sources, so it rarely makes the cut outside of niche spell-recursion brews. Legacy and Vintage have even less patience for a four-mana creature that pings for one. Commander is where Thundering Sparkmage actually lives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Thundering Sparkmage is pure bulk — you're not paying for the card, you're paying for the sleeve. That price is stable because demand is narrow; it won't spike unless a new commander pushes graveyard-name synergies into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.