Titanoth Rex
Creature — Dinosaur Beast
Trample
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
When you cycle this card, put a trample counter on target creature you control.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #3011
Titanoth Rex puts a 9/9 trample on the board for seven mana — that's the ceiling — but the cycling trigger is the real reason to run it, loading a graveyard or buffing a creature with a +1/+1 counter without ever casting the spell. Venom, Deadly Devourer turns that cycling trigger into a direct engine piece, which is why Rex shows up in roughly 80% of those lists.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Venom, Deadly Devourer
Venom, Deadly Devourer cares about cycling triggers firing repeatedly, and Titanoth Rex delivers one while also being a massive threat if you ever need to hard-cast it — the 79% inclusion rate reflects how cleanly it fits both halves of what that deck wants.
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists get value from Dinosaurs specifically, and Titanoth Rex is one of the few cyclers that also carries the Dinosaur type, letting it pull double duty as graveyard setup and a payoff for their creature-type synergies.
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave
Skullbriar, the Walking Grave wants cheap ways to put +1/+1 counters on the stack fast, and Titanoth Rex's cycling trigger delivers one at instant speed for two mana without asking you to spend seven on the cast.
Me, the Immortal
Me, the Immortal rewards you for playing large creatures and recurring them, and Titanoth Rex slots in as a cycling engine piece early and a legitimate beatstick late when the graveyard plan has assembled enough gas.
Coram, the Undertaker
Coram, the Undertaker wants big power in the graveyard to attack with, and a cycled Titanoth Rex lands a 9/9 in the bin immediately — exactly what Coram needs to start swinging for free.
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 |
In Commander, Titanoth Rex earns its slot in any Sultai or Temur shell that cares about cycling triggers or graveyard stocking — it's cheap to cycle, puts a huge body in the bin, and can still threaten the board if drawn late. In competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer, seven mana is a hard ask for a vanilla threat, and the cycling cost of two keeps it fringe at best — dedicated graveyard and cycling shells might touch it, but there are more efficient options at every step. Legacy and Vintage are simply not interested; Titanoth Rex does nothing broken at any mana cost those formats care about. It's a Commander card through and through.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Titanoth Rex isn't available in the current feed, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a live number. As a common-rarity creature from a widely opened set, it typically sits well under a dollar, making it an easy pick-up for any cycling or graveyard deck that wants it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.