Card
Altanak, the Thrice-Called
Mana cost {5}{G}{G}
Legendary Creature — Insect Beast 9/9
Trample Whenever Altanak becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, draw a card. {1}{G}, Discard this card: Return target land card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 37 known combos. 2 official rulings.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · DSK · #166
- Cheapest printing
- €0.14
- EDHREC salt
- 0.16
- Color identity
- Green
- Keywords
- Trample
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
37 known combos.
- Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Martyrdom + Bazaar Trader
Produces: Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Sentinel + Lure + Switcheroo
Produces: Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook - Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Soltari Guerrillas + Bazaar Trader
Produces: Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent, Infinite draw triggers for target opponent
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast
If a spell or ability targets Altanak more than once, its second ability still triggers only once. - 2024-09-20 · Wizards of the Coast
Altanak's second ability resolves before the spell or ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell or ability is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast