Hammerhead Tyrant
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, return up to one target nonland permanent an opponent controls with mana value less than or equal to that spell's mana value to its owner's hand.
Rulings
2 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2025-04-04
If a spell has X in its mana cost, use the value of X chosen as it was cast to determine that spell’s mana value.
- 2025-04-04
If a permanent has X in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Hammerhead Tyrant, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eshki | 1 | 4 | — |
| Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tiamat | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Temur 1 deck
- Five-Color 1 deck
Every version of Hammerhead Tyrant
2 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly — a printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall genuinely publishes none for some of them.

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Normal
- $0.30

Extended Art
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Normal
- $0.97
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Hammerhead Tyrant — a name search across every version, for the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only — no individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.