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◇ Catalog #230

Loxodon Smiter

DIGITAL ONLY

pio·#230·uncommon·nonfoil

Illus. Ryan Barger

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in vault

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for trade

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wishlisted

Dec '24

1 yr ago

Played in EDH

EDHrec rank #22,402 · Fringe play

Variants

Nonfoil

Gameplay

Creature — Elephant Soldier

This spell can't be countered. If a spell or ability an opponent controls causes you to discard this card, put it onto the battlefield instead of putting it into your graveyard.

4/4

Legalities

tlrlegal

duellegal

brawllegal

pennylegal

PreDH

Rulings · 1

2012-10-01wotc

If you discard Loxodon Smiter and put it onto the battlefield, you've still discarded a card. Abilities that trigger when you discard a card (such as the one from Liliana's Caress) will still trigger.

Context

This printing is one of 2 catalogued treatments from PIO — the lineup includes Nonfoil alongside the standard finish. Across our catalog the Rarix library tracks every variant in the same family so collectors can compare price, scarcity and demand inside a single lineage.

Card #230 of *Pioneer Masters*, the set that shipped alongside the December 2024 Pioneer Masters release.

Card type: Creature — Elephant Soldier, color identity green/white, printed at uncommon. Uncommons fill the middle-tier slots in a standard booster configuration. Mana cost: {1}{G}{W} (3 converted).

Legal across the major constructed formats — Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Commander — plus Standard rotation play.

EDHrec ranks this card #22,402 in Commander, putting it in the fringe-play tier of the format's playable pool.

Illustrated by Ryan Barger. Rarix catalogs 156 other cards credited to this artist.