Triumphant Surge
Instant
Destroy target creature with power 4 or greater. You gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #22098
Triumphant Surge clears up to two creatures or planeswalkers at instant speed, and the ward-and-counters rider is a real bonus in creature-heavy metas where modified permanents are common. Five mana is the honest cost — efficient it isn't, but the flexibility and potential two-for-one earn it a slot in the right shells.
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, Triumphant Surge trades on flexibility — hitting two targets at instant speed matters more in a four-player game where threats multiply faster than single removal can answer them. Pauper is where it actually competes for a maindeck slot, since the card pool for instant-speed two-target removal is shallow and five mana is reachable. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have cheaper, more efficient answers, so Triumphant Surge doesn't crack those 60-card formats in practice. Oathbreaker sits closer to Commander in pace, so the same logic applies: it's playable, not optimal.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Triumphant Surge is bulk — buy a playset without thinking twice. Bulk removal rarely spikes unless it finds a breakout synergy, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.