Scion of Calamity (Commander: The Lost Caverns of Ixalan) Light Play

Scion of Calamity — Jungle's Heavy Hitter

Scion of Calamity is straightforward to pilot and unforgiving when it connects. At five mana it presents a five five body that leverages myriad to multiply pressure across multi player games. Each attack can flood the table with tapped attacking copies, forcing opponents to answer multiple threats or lose tempo. The triggered destruction ability converts combat damage into targeted removal that strips a player of an artifact or an enchantment immediately after you punch through.

In the Lost Caverns context this dinosaur feels at home trampling through hidden vaults and breaking warded wards rather than probing them. Use it as a primary beater in creature heavy decks or as a calculated top end when you need both board presence and built in removal. Play it into a board where opponents have few blockers or soft permanents to force efficient trades and maximize the myriad value.

Card Details:

• Mana Cost – {3}{G}{G}
• Card Type – Creature
• Subtypes – Dinosaur
• Card Text / Rules Text (Printed) – Myriad Whenever this creature attacks for each opponent other than defending player you may create a token that is a copy of this creature that is tapped and attacking that player or a planeswalker they control. Exile the tokens at end of combat. Whenever Scion of Calamity deals combat damage to a player destroy target artifact or enchantment that player controls.
• Power / Toughness – 5/5