Tilonalli's Crown
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
When this Aura enters, it deals 1 damage to enchanted creature.
Enchanted creature gets +3/+0 and has trample.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #17269
Tilonalli's Crown slaps a creature for +3/+0 and trample until end of turn — the catch is it deals 1 damage to that creature when it enters, which matters exactly when you're enchanting something with 1 toughness. It's a pump spell stapled to a cantrip-sized body tax, and in any deck that wants to push combat damage through, that trample clause does real work for one mana.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Tilonalli's Crown earns its slot in Voltron builds and any deck running creatures that care about dealing combat damage — the trample makes sure incidental blockers don't eat the whole attack. Pauper is where it sees the most concentrated use, slotting into aggressive red decks that need cheap trample enablers to close games before the opponent stabilizes. In Modern and Legacy it's outclassed by pump spells that don't come with a damage rider, so it rarely shows up outside budget builds. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander use case closely — if your planeswalker-commander strategy involves a big attacker, this is a one-mana way to push through.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Tilonalli's Crown is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd bother ordering it. Bulk rares and commons rarely appreciate unless a new mechanic breaks them wide open, so treat this as a freely available role-player rather than a pickup with upside.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.