Venerated Loxodon
Creature — Elephant Cleric
Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for 
or one mana of that creature's color.)
When this creature enters, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature that convoked it.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- March of the Machine Commander
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #13928
Venerated Loxodon lands and immediately puts a +1/+1 counter on each creature you tapped to convoke it — that's free board-wide growth before it even untaps. The cost is real: you need a wide board before it hits, which makes it a role-player rather than a standalone threat, but in the right shell Kasla, the Broken Halo turns every one of those counters into card advantage.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kasla, the Broken Halo
Kasla, the Broken Halo draws a card whenever a creature you control gets one or more +1/+1 counters, so a single Venerated Loxodon tapped out with five creatures turns into five cards — that's the engine in one line.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Venerated Loxodon is a token-deck staple: wide boards make the convoke trivial, and the mass counter distribution synergizes with any payoff that cares about +1/+1 counters or creature size. In Modern and Pioneer, it found a home in go-wide white aggro shells where convoke lets you essentially cheat mana while buffing the attackers you're already committing, though it competes with faster threats and sees only niche play now. Legacy and Vintage have more efficient options at every step, so Venerated Loxodon doesn't show up there outside of dedicated convoke curios. Commander remains its natural home, especially in Selesnya or Orzhov token strategies where the floor of "5/4 for free" is gravy on top of a board-pump effect.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Venerated Loxodon is firmly bulk — it's a card you pick up as an afterthought in a trade binder or a $1 rare lot. That price is stable; there's no scarcity driving it higher, and its role is specific enough that a reprint wouldn't crater it further.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.