Thunderkin Awakener
- Mana cost
- {1}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Elemental Shaman
- Power / toughness
- 1 / 2
- Set
- Core Set 2020 Promos #162s (rare)
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, choose target Elemental creature card in your graveyard with toughness less than this creature's toughness. Return that card to the battlefield tapped and attacking. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.
Thunderkin Awakener has 3 printings, first in Core Set 2020 (2019). EDHREC ranks it #20,781 among Commander cards. It appears most in Omnath, Locus of the Roil decks (299 on EDHREC). It has 5 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: legal
Commanders that run Thunderkin Awakener most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Omnath, Locus of the Roil: 299 decks
- Rakka Mar: 72 decks
Often played with Thunderkin Awakener
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : Although the returned creature is an attacking creature, it was never declared as an attacking creature. This means that abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks (such as that of Thunderkin Awakener itself) won’t trigger when it enters the battlefield attacking.
- : You choose which player or planeswalker the returned creature is attacking. It doesn’t have to be attacking the same player or planeswalker that Thunderkin Awakener is attacking.
- : The target card must have lesser toughness both as Thunderkin Awakener attacks and as its triggered ability resolves. Other abilities that trigger whenever Thunderkin Awakener attacks can’t raise its toughness in time to allow the ability to target cards with greater toughness.
- : If Thunderkin Awakener leaves the battlefield after it has attacked but before its triggered ability resolves, use its toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine whether the card is still a legal target.
- : If the new creature leaves the battlefield before the end step, that card remains in its current zone. It won’t be sacrificed.