Is Tooth and Claw good in Commander?

Tooth and Claw

Enchantment

Sacrifice two creatures: Create a 3/1 red Beast creature token named Carnivore.

CMC: 4
Mana cost
Color identity: R
Rarity: rare
Set: Commander 2013
Price: $0.16
EDHREC rank: #17780

Tooth and Claw turns any pair of expendable creatures into a 3/1 hasty attacker — repeat that with a token doubler like Parallel Lives and you're converting sacrifice fodder into a board of threats every turn. The mana cost is real at four, but commanders like Valduk, Keeper of the Flame generate enough tokens to make the sacrifice outlet trivially free.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame

19.9% of decks · synergy 0.20

Valduk, Keeper of the Flame creates a fresh wave of 3/1 tokens at combat every turn, and Tooth and Claw converts the previous turn's expiring tokens into new ones — so nothing is ever truly wasted.

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

Tooth and Claw is a Commander card through and through — the four-mana enchantment speed and the need for a steady creature supply to feed it make it too slow and conditional for Legacy or Vintage, where it's technically legal but irrelevant. In Commander, token-generation engines and sacrifice synergies are abundant enough that its repeatable outlet earns its slot in the right shells. Oathbreaker shares the same 60-card multiplayer DNA and can support it in similar token-heavy builds, though the smaller life totals compress the window to close out games.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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