First printed in Fate Reforged (2015)
Creature — Elephant
Reach
When this creature enters, bolster 5. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put five +1/+1 counters on it.)
A mastodon's path always leads to an oasis.
5/5
- Illustrated by
- James Zapata
- Watermark
- Abzan
Legality
- Legal in
- Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Penny Dreadful, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Tiny Leaders, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (2)
- You determine which creature to put counters on as the spell or ability that instructs you to bolster resolves.
- Bolster itself doesn’t target any creature, though some spells and abilities that bolster may have other effects that target creatures. For example, you could put counters on a creature with protection from white with Abzan Skycaptain’s bolster ability.
Prices
MTGO price: 0.006 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
4 combos, the most popular first:
- Infinite turns, Lock: Roaring Primadox + Sage of Hours + Sandsteppe Mastodon
- Infinite turns, Lock: Sage of Hours + Sandsteppe Mastodon + Stampeding Wildebeests
- Infinite turns, Lock: Sage of Hours + Sandsteppe Mastodon + Species Gorger
- Infinite turns, Lock: Sage of Hours + Sandsteppe Mastodon + Stampeding Serow