Titan of Littjara
Creature — Illusion
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Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you may draw a card for each other creature you control that shares a creature type with it. If you do, discard a card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Masters
- Price
- $6.07
- EDHREC rank
- #5514
Titan of Littjara enters, tutors any Shapeshifter or Illusion to hand, then kills a target creature or planeswalker when another Illusion enters under your control — two effects on one six-mana body. In dedicated Illusion and Shapeshifter builds, the tutor alone justifies the slot; the removal trigger is pure upside.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Minn, Wily Illusionist
Minn, Wily Illusionist generates Illusion tokens every time you draw your second card in a turn, which means Titan of Littjara's death trigger fires repeatedly in the same turn cycle — turning Minn's draw engine into an ongoing removal engine.
Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Aegar, the Freezing Flame cares about Giants dealing excess combat damage to creatures, and Titan of Littjara is both a Giant and a Shapeshifter — so it pulls double duty as a synergy piece while still fetching your best Illusion payoffs.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Titan of Littjara actually gets played, and the reason is simple: singleton tutors are premium, and a six-mana creature that grabs any Illusion or Shapeshifter from your library while threatening removal on the next trigger is exactly the kind of value engine tribal decks want. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal but Titan of Littjara has no competitive home there — six mana is a different universe in those formats. Oathbreaker is the only other realistic venue, where it can slot into a blue Shapeshifter-centric build, though the smaller deck size reduces how much the tutor matters.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Shapesharer is the closest budget parallel — it costs a fraction of Titan of Littjara's price, also has the Shapeshifter subtype, and can copy any creature on the battlefield, though it doesn't tutor or remove anything on entry. Phantasmal Image fills the tutor gap indirectly: at under a dollar it clones your best threat immediately, but you're giving up the search effect and the removal trigger entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$6.07 mid tier
At $6.07, Titan of Littjara sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, cheap enough that Illusion or Shapeshifter commanders should just run it. It's a narrow tribal card with a ceiling defined by Minn decks, so the price is unlikely to spike dramatically, but it's also not going anywhere as long as Minn stays popular.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Minn, Wily Illusionist
- Aegar, the Freezing Flame
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.