Thundering Spineback
Thundering Spineback: Creature - Dinosaur, Foundations Jumpstart. Other Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1. Printings, prices, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{G}{G}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Dinosaur
- Colour identity
- Green (G)
- Power / toughness
- 5/5
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart (J25)
- Released
- 2024-11-15
- Collector number
- 726
- Artist
- Brian Valeza
- Commander rank
- 8,474 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Thundering Spineback
Thundering Spineback is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon green creature from Foundations Jumpstart (J25), a draft-focused set released in November 2024. It is collector number 726 in that set, with art by Brian Valeza. It costs {5}{G}{G} (five generic and two green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 5/5 creature. Its colour identity is green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Ixalan (2017) to Foundations Jumpstart (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.29 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Other Dinosaurs you control get +1/+1.
{5}{G}: Create a 3/3 green Dinosaur creature token with trample. (It can deal excess combat damage to the player or planeswalker it's attacking.)
"It appears that nature has risen against us." -Captain Brinely Rage
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.29 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thundering Spineback 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 |
Other printings of Thundering Spineback
Thundering Spineback has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #XLN-210 | Uncommon | 2024 |
| The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #260 | Uncommon | 2023 |
| Jumpstart (JMP) #437 | Uncommon | 2020 |
| Game Night 2019 (GN2) #53 | Uncommon | 2019 |
| Ixalan (XLN) #210 | Uncommon | 2017 |
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Thundering Spineback is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.