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Tor Wauki the Younger

Legendary Creature — Human Archer

Reach, lifelink
If another source you control would deal noncombat damage to a permanent or player, it deals that much damage plus 1 to that permanent or player instead.
Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, Tor Wauki deals 2 damage to any target.

CMC
5
Mana cost
{3}{B}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Dominaria United Commander
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#6100
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Tor Wauki the Younger card art
Tor Wauki the Younger turns every instant and sorcery into a free ping — deal 2 damage to any target just for casting spells you were already going to cast. The cost is a five-mana legendary that does nothing without a spell to back it up, but in the right shell that condition is trivially met; Walking Ballista and similar repeatable pingers stack on top, and Judith, Carnage Connoisseur turns those pings into a full damage-based removal and win-condition engine.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

Judith, Carnage Connoisseur

43.8% of decks · synergy 0.40

Judith, Carnage Connoisseur's ability to deal damage whenever a creature dies stacks cleanly with Tor Wauki the Younger's spell-triggered pings, building a two-axis pressure engine where instants clear boards and creatures close games simultaneously.

02
Black Waltz No. 3

Black Waltz No. 3

29.9% of decks · synergy 0.26

Black Waltz No. 3 rewards casting spells during combat and on opponents' turns, which means Tor Wauki the Younger's free damage trigger fires in exactly the windows where the engine is already running.

03

Kuja, Genome Sorcerer

25.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Kuja, Genome Sorcerer generates spell volume at scale, and Tor Wauki the Younger converts that volume directly into targeted damage — every extra spell Kuja produces is another two damage pointed wherever the table needs it most.

04
Kelsien, the Plague

Kelsien, the Plague

11.8% of decks · synergy 0.12

Kelsien, the Plague wins by killing creatures to accumulate experience counters, and Tor Wauki the Younger lets instant-speed spells finish off anything Kelsien nicks but can't kill outright, feeding the counter engine without requiring combat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Tor Wauki the Younger — a legendary creature with a triggered ability that scales with spell density belongs in a 100-card singleton environment where you can build around it, not alongside four copies. In Legacy and Vintage, five mana for a 3/3 with a conditional ping is well below rate for formats where the competition is Ragavan and Ancestral Recall. Oathbreaker is a legitimate secondary home: the 20 starting life total means two damage per spell adds up faster, and the format's focus on a specific signature spell makes the trigger even more consistent.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Walking BallistaUnspeakable SymbolTor Wauki the YoungerThe Rollercrusher Ride

Walking BallistaUnspeakable SymbolTor Wauki the YoungerThe Rollercrusher Ride

Infinite damage; Infinite lifegain triggers; Infinite lifegain; Infinite +1/+1 counters on creatures you control

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Price Context

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Current pricing data for Tor Wauki the Younger isn't available in this snapshot, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number. Given its sizable EDHREC presence across Judith, Carnage Connoisseur and Kuja, Genome Sorcerer builds, demand is real — if it's sitting under $3, it's worth picking up before a reprint window closes.

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