Thundering Tanadon
Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Beast
(
can be paid with either 
or 2 life.)
Trample
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- New Phyrexia
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #25621
Thundering Tanadon lands as a 4/4 trample for five mana — the body is fine, but the cost is either five generic mana or two Phyrexian mana plus three generic, meaning you can pay 6 life to accelerate it out early. That life-payment angle is the only reason to run it; as a straight five-drop, it doesn't clear the bar.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thundering Tanadon is a fringe option in decks that actively want to pay life for effect — Atraxa, Praetors' Voice-style Phyrexian synergy builds or life-loss-matters shells under commanders like Selenia, Dark Steel. In Pauper it's a common, and a 4/4 trample at common is a real rate, but five mana is slow for that format and the Phyrexian cost rarely saves enough tempo to matter. Legacy and Vintage have no interest — the card does nothing those formats can't get faster and cheaper. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander: narrow synergy inclusion only.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Thundering Tanadon is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the card. It won't appreciate; the demand ceiling is too low and the supply too wide, so grab it from a bulk bin if you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.