Thunderstaff
Commander Anthology 237 • uncommon
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Collector number
- 237
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana
- Type
- Artifact
- Colors
- Colorless
- Artist
- Cliff Childs
- Market price
- $0.27
What it does
As long as this artifact is untapped, if a creature would deal combat damage to you, prevent 1 of that damage.
2 generic mana, tap: Attacking creatures get +1/+0 until end of turn.
Jort the Thunder-Mad spent his life perfecting a way to harness the power of the heavens.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerNot legal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Thunderstaff was originally released as a rare artifact in the Mirrodin expansion in 2003, designed to fit the set's heavy focus on metallic, mechanical aesthetics and artifact-based gameplay. The card was conceived as a defensive utility piece, offering life gain and combat damage mitigation to players focusing on aggressive, creature-heavy strategies. Its illustration by Pete Venters captures the industrial, utilitarian design language typical of the Mirrodin plane.
The version included in the 2017 Commander Anthology was curated to support the preconstructed deck themes featured in that collection, specifically catering to the social and multiplayer dynamics of the Commander format. By reprinting Thunderstaff within this anthology, Wizards of the Coast provided players with a recurring tool for stabilizing board states in long-form games, maintaining the legacy of the original card's strategic niche while introducing it to a new generation of players.
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