---
name: "Pugnacious Hammerskull"
mana_cost: "{2}{G}"
cmc: 3
type_line: "Creature — Dinosaur"
colors: ["G"]
color_identity: ["G"]
keywords: []
set: "PLCI"
set_name: "The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos"
collector_number: "208p"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Kev Walker"
oracle_id: "da989677-3647-46b8-aa56-b2cfb60f7a2a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/pugnacious-hammerskull-plci"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Pugnacious Hammerskull
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{G}` (CMC: 3)
- **Type:** Creature — Dinosaur
- **Power/Toughness:** 6/6

## Oracle Text
Whenever this creature attacks while you don't control another Dinosaur, put a stun counter on it. (If a permanent with a stun counter would become untapped, remove one from it instead.)

> *"I don't know whether it hates the mycoids or just loves breaking things. I say we leave it be."
—Samin, Oltec scout*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Territorial Hammerskull](/printing/territorial-hammerskull-plst.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
2. [Stegron the Dinosaur Man](/printing/stegron-the-dinosaur-man-spm.md) — Legendary Creature — Dinosaur Villain
3. [Savage Stomp](/printing/savage-stomp-j25.md) — Sorcery
4. [Thundering Spineback](/printing/thundering-spineback-lcc.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
5. [Stampeding Horncrest](/printing/stampeding-horncrest-rix.md) — Creature — Dinosaur
6. [Forerunner of the Empire](/printing/forerunner-of-the-empire-rix.md) — Creature — Human Soldier

## Printing Details
- **Set:** The Lost Caverns of Ixalan Promos (PLCI) #208p
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Kev Walker
- **Total Printings:** 18 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`