Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Warrior
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #16772
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant lands as a must-answer threat that snowballs immediately — the on-board pressure it generates the turn it enters demands an answer or the game slips away. The cost is real: it competes for a slot in shells that already want Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest as the top-end payoff, so it earns its seat only when the redundancy matters.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest decks run Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant as a complementary threat in the same aggressive, tempo-forward engine — nearly 29% of those lists include it, which signals that the two cards are doing overlapping work in the same game plan rather than competing for space.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant is legal across every major constructed format — Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker — but Commander is where it sees the most meaningful play. In 100-card singleton, redundancy is irrelevant and the card's raw impact per slot is what matters; Tyrox earns its place in dinosaur-tribal and stompy strategies that want a finisher with immediate board presence. In competitive 60-card formats, the bar is higher and more specialized threats tend to crowd it out, making its constructed appearances narrow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a four-of or include in any Commander list without a second thought. Bulk rares with niche tribal relevance don't tend to spike unless a new commander or set pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so treat this as a cheap pickup now rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.