First printed in Duskmourn: House of Horror (2024)

Illustrated by

Sam Wolfe Connelly

Legality

Legal in

Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl

Not legal in

Pauper, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders

Rulings (2)

• 2024-09-20 If a spell or ability targets Altanak more than once, its second ability still triggers only once.
• 2024-09-20 Altanak's second ability resolves before the spell or ability that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell or ability is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.

Prices

MTGO price: 0.003 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).

In Limited on MTG Arena

Win rates in Arena drafts and sealed, retrieved from 17Lands (CC BY 4.0).

Win rates of Altanak, the Thrice-Called in Limited

Set	GIH WR	vs set	IWD	Games
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Premier Draft	53.9%	-0.6	+0.1	33370
Duskmourn: House of Horror (DSK), Sealed	55.1%	-0.8	-0.9	2417

GIH WR

win rate of the games in which the card was in the opening hand or drawn

vs set

points above or below the average win rate of all decks in the set

IWD

improvement when drawn: GIH WR minus the win rate when the card stayed in the library

Games

games in which the card was seen

Combos

37 combos, the most popular first:

• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Bazaar Trader + Martyrdom
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Bazaar Trader + Soltari Guerrillas
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Lure + Sentinel + Switcheroo
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Coveted Falcon + Lure + Sentinel
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Martyrdom + Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Soltari Guerrillas + Stiltzkin, Moogle Merchant
• Each opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for each opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Fractured Identity + Soltari Guerrillas
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Fateful Handoff + Martyrdom
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Harmless Offering + Martyrdom
• Target opponent loses the game, Infinite card draw for target opponent…: Altanak, the Thrice-Called + Fateful Handoff + Soltari Guerrillas

See all 37 on Commander Spellbook

• Official Oracle text on Gatherer (Wizards of the Coast)
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