Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

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Zetalpa, Primal Dawn: Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{6}{W}{W}
Mana value
8
Type
Legendary Creature - Elder Dinosaur
Colour identity
White (W)
Power / toughness
4/8
Rarity
Rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released
2025-04-11
Collector number
142
Artist
Chris Rallis
Commander rank
1,643 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Indestructible, Vigilance, Trample, Double strike
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare white legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 142 in that set, with art by Chris Rallis. It costs {6}{W}{W} (six generic and two white mana) to cast, for a mana value of 8. It is a 4/8 creature. Its colour identity is white. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 13 sets, from Rivals of Ixalan (2018) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.32 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).

Card text

Flying, double strike, vigilance, trample, indestructible

The sky takes flight and the earth trembles.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.32 (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 Zetalpa, Primal Dawn by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Zetalpa, Primal Dawn

Zetalpa, Primal Dawn has been printed in 13 sets. The 12 most recent other printings are listed here, newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Foundations (FDN) #584Rare2024
The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Commander (LCC) #141Rare2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #478Rare2023
Commander Masters (CMM) #71Rare2023
The List (PLST) #RIX-30Rare2023
Dominaria United Commander (DMC) #108Rare2022
Commander 2021 (C21) #112Rare2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #107Rare2020
Game Night 2019 (GN2) #15Rare2019
Commander 2019 (C19) #79Rare2019
Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #30pRare2018
Rivals of Ixalan Promos (PRIX) #30sRare2018

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Zetalpa, Primal Dawn.

  • If an attacking creature with double strike and trample destroys all of its blocking creatures with first-strike combat damage, all of its normal combat damage is assigned to the player, planeswalker, or battle that creature's attacking.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a white colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

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Zetalpa, Primal Dawn is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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