Masticore
Mana cost {4}. Power/toughness 4/4.
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you discard a card.
{2}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature.
{2}: Regenerate this creature.
Masticore is legal in Premodern, shown in its old-frame Urza's Destiny printing.
Price and printings: Cardmarket (€26.66) · TCGplayer ($36.89) · Scryfall
Tracked daily since 28 July 2026: on Cardmarket between €26.65 and €33.49 in that time.
Also printed with a gold border in World Championship Decks 1999 and 2000, for less. Gold-bordered copies aren't tournament legal, but some Premodern events allow them: where, and what they save.
How often Masticore is played
Masticore is maindecked in 11 of 131 tournament decks in this archive (8%), averaging 1.4 copies; kept in 5 sideboards (4%); used by 2 of 33 tracked archetypes.
See how it compares on the Premodern staples list.
Premodern archetypes that play Masticore
- Elves (1x)
- Tron: In two of three lists, usually two copies: a 4/4 for four colorless mana that you keep only by discarding a card each upkeep. With the lands assembled its {2} abilities, 1 damage to a creature or regeneration, are easy to pay, and against Goblins and Elves it shoots one X/1 for every {2}. Wrath of God and Incinerate stop the regeneration, and Swords to Plowshares exiles it.
Sideboard plans with Masticore
- Elves vs. Sweepers: The Rock, Landstill, Tron, BW Control, and Earthquake, Pyroclasm or Perish after boarding. A second Masticore picks off utility creatures and regenerates through Pernicious Deed, though not through Wrath of God, which says it cannot be regenerated; Perish does not touch it, since it is colorless.
Tournament decks with Masticore
- MUD: 1st Place at Semanal Premodern (3× mainboard)
- Survival Recurring: 1st Place at Monster Mash 2026 (1× mainboard)
- Elves: 1st Place at Empoli #2 Phyrexian Academy (2× main + sideboard)
- Madness: 1st Place at PMPMPMPM XLI (1× sideboard)
- Natural Elves: 1st Place at European Masters 2026 Valencia (2× main + sideboard)
- Big Mono Green: 5th Place at Finland Nationals 2026 (2× sideboard)
- Beefcake: 1st Place at Bolt the Bird (4× main + sideboard)
- Perros de Avellaneda: 7th Place at Technoliga Valenciana (1× mainboard)
- Rofellos Order Survival: 3rd Place at Eternal Echoes @ Gamerz Paradise (1× mainboard)
- Colorless MUD Stax: 2nd Place at Liga Feijoada @ Santa Cruz (2× mainboard)
- Turbo Rofellos: 1st Place at Premodern Galicia (1× mainboard)
- Welder Survival: 1st Place at 1K @ SCG CON Washington (1× mainboard)
- Mono R Ponza: 1st Place at Chile Premier League – May 2026 (1× mainboard)
Spicy brews with Masticore
- Pirates (2×)
- Snap Cradle Pop (2×)
