Gold-Forged Thopteryx
Artifact Creature — Dinosaur Thopter
Flying, lifelink
Each legendary permanent you control has ward 
. (Whenever it becomes the target of a spell or ability an opponent controls, counter it unless that player pays .)
Worlds apart, Huatli built a device Saheeli would have been proud of.
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FlyingLifelink
- Set
- The List (PLST #MAT-31)
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana value
- 2
- Released
- 2026-11-09
- Artist
- Titus Lunter
- EDHREC rank
- #2,600
- Colour identity
- Finishes
- Nonfoil
- Served from
- Local database
Commander bracket
1
+
Fits any bracket
No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.
Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules
EDHREC
Salt Score
0.23
How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.
Combos
Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.
Format legality
Standard
Not legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Pauper
Not legal
Commander
Legal
Oathbreaker
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Brawl
Legal
Standard Brawl
Not legal
Historic
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Alchemy
Not legal
Penny
Not legal
Premodern
Not legal
PreDH
Not legal
Pauper EDH
Not legal
Old School
Not legal
Future
Not legal
Gladiator
Legal
Rulings
- 2023-05-12
Once a ward ability has triggered, causing that legendary permanent to lose ward by removing Gold-Forged Thopteryx won't affect that ability. The appropriate player will still have to pay
or see their spell or ability countered.