Thundering Raiju
Thundering Raiju: Creature - Spirit, Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Spirit
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 3/3
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO)
- Released
- 2022-02-18
- Collector number
- 166
- Artist
- Xavier Ribeiro
- Commander rank
- 4,086 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Haste
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About Thundering Raiju
Thundering Raiju is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO), an expansion set released in February 2022. It is collector number 166 in that set, with art by Xavier Ribeiro. It costs {2}{R}{R} (two generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/3 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.45 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, put a +1/+1 counter on target creature you control. Then this creature deals X damage to each opponent, where X is the number of modified creatures you control other than this creature. (Equipment, Auras you control, and counters are modifications.)
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.45 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thundering Raiju by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Thundering Raiju
Thundering Raiju has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Online Promos (PRM) #97997 | Rare | 2022 |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #389 | Rare | 2022 |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty (NEO) #472 | Rare | 2022 |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos (PNEO) #166p | Rare | 2022 |
| Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Promos (PNEO) #166s | Rare | 2022 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Thundering Raiju, newest first.
- A creature with a counter on it is considered modified no matter what kind of counter it is or which player put it on that creature.
- An Aura controlled by an opponent does not cause a creature you control to be modified.
- A creature that is equipped is considered modified no matter who controls the Equipment that's attached to it.
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