The Thing
The Thing: Legendary Creature - Human Hero, Marvel Super Heroes Commander. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{G}
- Mana value
- 6
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Human Hero
- Colour identity
- White, blue, red and green (WURG)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC)
- Released
- 2026-06-26
- Collector number
- 4
- Artist
- Darius Zablockis
- Commander rank
- 16,596 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Trample, Double
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About The Thing
The Thing is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare white, blue, red and green legendary creature from Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC), a Commander product released in June 2026. It is collector number 4 in that set, with art by Darius Zablockis. It costs {5}{G} (five generic and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is white, blue, red and green. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Marvel Super Heroes Commander is its only printing so far. It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.97 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Trample
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if you've cast a noncreature spell this turn, put four +1/+1 counters on The Thing.
Whenever The Thing attacks, you may pay {R}{G}{W}{U}. When you do, double the number of each kind of counter on any number of target permanents you control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.97 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of The Thing by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
Other printings of The Thing
The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Marvel Super Heroes Commander (MSC) #878 | Mythic | 2026 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a white, blue, red and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
The Thing is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.