Towering Thunderfist
Creature — Giant Soldier
: This creature gains vigilance until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29781
Towering Thunderfist lands as a 4/4 with trample and haste for five mana — immediate pressure that doesn't wait for a setup turn. The rate is fair but not exceptional, and you're running it because your deck rewards attacking on the turn a creature enters, not because the statline alone demands a slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Towering Thunderfist slots cleanly into aggressive red decks that want hasty threats to close games or apply pressure before opponents stabilize. In Pauper, the common designation matters — a 4/4 trample-haste at common is a legitimate clock in red aggro shells where that rate is harder to find. Modern and Pioneer have enough competition at five mana that Towering Thunderfist rarely earns a maindeck slot outside of dedicated strategies that specifically reward its creature type or entering-the-battlefield trigger. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for a card with no broken interaction and a fair rate.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Towering Thunderfist is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not buying it. That price holds because demand is narrow and supply is abundant, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.