Legendary Creature — Dinosaur

Itzquinth, Firstborn of Gishath

Mana value2EDHREC#5,619

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The Commander

Haste

When Itzquinth enters, you may pay {2} . When you do, target Dinosaur you control deals damage equal to its power to another target creature.

Guide

Gameplan

Cast Itzquinth early as a cheap, hasty enabler and beat down with a curve of efficient Dinosaurs while Gruul ramp and enrage payoffs snowball your board. Each time Itzquinth re-enters (via blinks or recasts), you fling damage from your biggest Dino to kill a creature, doubling as removal and Enrage triggers. You close out by overrunning the table with hasty fatties.

Strengths

Two-mana commander gives you a cheap, reliable Dinosaur on turn 2 that's nearly always castable
Built-in repeatable removal that also triggers Enrage on your own creatures
Haste keeps pressure constant and makes recast value immediate
Gruul has the best ramp and biggest creatures to make the fling damage lethal

Weaknesses

Removal-heavy color pair with little card advantage or recursion
Vulnerable to board wipes that erase your tribal investment
No evasion or protection built in—green/red lack good interaction
The ability requires another Dinosaur already on board to do anything

Key Cards

Gishath, Sun's Avatar — The payoff top-end that cheats Dinosaurs into play and pairs thematically as a finisher.
Ranging Raptors — Enrage ramp that gets value every time Itzquinth pings it, accelerating you ahead.
Polyraptor — Splits into a swarm whenever damaged, turning Itzquinth's fling into an army.
Marauding Raptor — Cheapens your Dinosaurs and pings them for Enrage, doubling as damage enabler.
Temur Sabertooth — Lets you re-blink Itzquinth to repeat the fight trigger and protect creatures.
Forerunner of the Empire — Tutors Dinosaurs to the top and deals damage to trigger all your Enrage payoffs.

Upgrade Path

Add flicker/recursion like Conjurer's Closet and Temur Sabertooth to abuse the ETB removal repeatedly, and tighten the ramp suite with Cultivate, Sol Ring, and signets. Upgrade payoffs with Pantlaza, Sun-Favored, Trumpeting Carnosaur, and finishers like Craterhoof Behemoth or Triumph of the Hordes, and include protection (Heroic Intervention) against the board wipes this strategy fears most.

Core Cards

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Win Conditions

▸Overrun the table with a wide, hasty Dinosaur board plus Overrun-style effects
▸Cheat out and swing with Gishath and other huge Dinosaurs
▸Grind opponents' creatures away with repeated Itzquinth flings, then attack unopposed

Archetypes

Dinosaur Tribal — Itzquinth is a cheap Dino lord-adjacent commander that supports the whole creature type with removal.
Aggro/Midrange — Haste and a low curve let you apply early pressure and grind through removal.
Enrage Synergy — The fling ability intentionally damages your own Dinosaurs to fire Enrage abilities for ramp and tokens.
Blink Value — Flickering or recasting Itzquinth repeats its targeted-damage trigger as removal engine.