Magic Card of the Week: Terastodon

This week’s Magic card is Terastodon, a new creature from the Worldwake expansion set.

When you think of an honourable creature type in Magic, you will almost certainly think of a green-centric race. The list includes Beast, Bear, Wurm, and Treefolk, but none compare to the awesome honour of the noble Elephant. When I started playing Magic, Elephants were over-costed 3/3s that maybe had trample if you were lucky. We played with them because, goddamn it, they had some class.

Wizards has decided to honour that proud tradition by printing Terastodon, a 9/9 quadruple-tusked, multi-horned, behemoth of an Elephant. Here’s the best part: he costs 8, so when he comes into play, you can destroy three of your own forests to get yourself three 3/3 Elephant tokens, you still have enough lands next turn to play an Overrun and thus actually win with Elephants.