Thornmantle Striker

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Thornmantle Striker: Creature - Elf Rogue, Kaldheim. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{B}
Mana value
5
Type
Creature - Elf Rogue
Colour identity
Black (B)
Power / toughness
4/3
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Kaldheim (KHM)
Released
2021-02-05
Collector number
387
Artist
Magali Villeneuve
Commander rank
22,373 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)

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About Thornmantle Striker

Thornmantle Striker is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon black creature from Kaldheim (KHM), an expansion set released in February 2021. It is collector number 387 in that set, with art by Magali Villeneuve. It costs {4}{B} (four generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 5. It is a 4/3 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. Kaldheim is its only printing so far. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.23 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When this creature enters, choose one -

• Remove X counters from target permanent, where X is the number of Elves you control.

• Target creature an opponent controls gets -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of Elves you control.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.23 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Thornmantle Striker by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Official rulings

Three official rulings apply to Thornmantle Striker, newest first.

  • For the first mode, you choose which counters are removed as the ability resolves. If the permanent has fewer counters on it than the number of Elves you control, you’ll remove all of them.
  • A planeswalker with no loyalty counters on it is put into its owner’s graveyard.
  • For each mode, use the number of Elves you control as the enters-the-battlefield ability resolves, including Thornmantle Striker itself if it’s still under your control.

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