Tilonalli's Summoner
Creature — Human Shaman
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 
. If you do, create X 1/1 red Elemental creature tokens that are tapped and attacking. At the beginning of the next end step, exile those tokens unless you have the city's blessing.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #9663
Tilonalli's Summoner floods the board with 1/1 tokens on every attack, scaling with the number of creatures swinging — the cost is a mana sink that requires you to keep open X mana each combat to cash in. Mishra, Claimed by Gix turns those tokens into a win condition immediately, but even without that payoff, the raw volume the Summoner generates is hard to ignore.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mishra, Claimed by Gix
Tilonalli's Summoner feeds Mishra, Claimed by Gix's attack trigger by pumping out tokens that become fodder for Phyrexian Dragon Engine's meld condition and the drain-on-attack damage the commander demands — 41% inclusion in Mishra lists is earned, not accidental.
Purphoros, God of the Forge
Every token Tilonalli's Summoner creates pings the table for 2 through Purphoros, God of the Forge, turning a single wide attack into a burst of direct damage that scales quadratically when you're swinging with a full board.
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 |
Tilonalli's Summoner lives almost entirely in Commander, where attacking with a full board every turn is both achievable and rewarded. In competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer it's too slow and too conditional — a two-mana 1/1 that needs combat to do anything meaningful doesn't survive the scrutiny of those metagames. Commander is where Tilonalli's Summoner earns its keep, especially in aggressive red token decks that can consistently go wide and keep mana open during the attack step.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Tilonalli's Summoner is deep bulk — you're not paying a premium for the effect here. That price is stable; it sees narrow-enough play that demand won't spike it, and it's common enough that supply keeps it cheap.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.