---
name: "Thunderkin Awakener"
mana_cost: "{1}{R}"
cmc: 2
type_line: "Creature — Elemental Shaman"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Haste"]
set: "M20"
set_name: "Core Set 2020"
collector_number: "162"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Yongjae Choi"
oracle_id: "c0171343-9c0f-4001-8f4e-a5af9256c4d2"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/thunderkin-awakener-m20"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Thunderkin Awakener
- **Mana Cost:** `{1}{R}` (CMC: 2)
- **Type:** Creature — Elemental Shaman
- **Power/Toughness:** 1/2
- **Keywords:** Haste

## Oracle Text
Haste
Whenever this creature attacks, choose target Elemental creature card in your graveyard with toughness less than this creature's toughness. Return that card to the battlefield tapped and attacking. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Hell's Thunder](/printing/hells-thunder-plst.md) — Creature — Elemental
2. [Incandescent Soulstoke](/printing/incandescent-soulstoke-mm2.md) — Creature — Elemental Shaman
3. [Lightning Elemental](/printing/lightning-elemental-8ed.md) — Creature — Elemental
4. [Hellspark Elemental](/printing/hellspark-elemental-prm.md) — Creature — Elemental
5. [Meek Attack](/printing/meek-attack-ecl.md) — Enchantment
6. [Spark Elemental](/printing/spark-elemental-10e.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Core Set 2020 (M20) #162
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Yongjae Choi
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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