Thundermare
Creature — Elemental Horse
Haste (This creature can attack and 
as soon as it comes under your control.)
When this creature enters, tap all other creatures.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- $8.99
- EDHREC rank
- #18266
Thundermare taps all other creatures when it enters — a pseudo-Fog stapled to a 5/5 haste body that can swing through a locked board the turn you play it. At five mana with a steep double-red cost, it's a tempo play, not a permanent answer, but the immediate combat impact is real.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thundermare is a surgical tempo piece — you play it to clear the way for a lethal attack or to blunt an alpha strike coming your way, then you've got a 5/5 haste body to follow up with. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are all legal formats, but Thundermare sees no competitive play there; five mana for a conditional tap-all effect can't compete in formats where games end on turns three and four. Commander is the only context where the card earns its slot, specifically in red aggro or Horse-tribal shells where the creature type matters or the haste body is part of a combo turn.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
[[Crashing Drawbridge]] and [[Valor in Akros]] don't replicate the tap effect, but if what you need is haste enablement for a combat finisher, they're cheaper entry points. For the board-tap half specifically, [[Blustersquall]] and [[Icy Blast]] do the same job at instant speed for less mana — they lack Thundermare's body, but if the tap is the reason you're here, those are the honest replacements.
Price Context
Current price
$8.99 mid tier
At $8.99, Thundermare sits in mid-tier pricing — expensive enough that you're making a real budget call, cheap enough that it won't break a deck. It's a casual and Horse-tribal niche card with a small demand ceiling, so the price is unlikely to climb without a reprint or renewed tribal support.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.