Body Dropper
Creature — Devil Warrior
Whenever you sacrifice another creature, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
, Sacrifice another creature: This creature gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #12294
Body Dropper turns every creature death into a +1/+1 counter and every counter placed into a free Sacrifice outlet, making it a two-card engine the moment you pair it with Animation Module. Raphael, Fiendish Savior amplifies both triggers simultaneously, which is why this card shows up in half of all Raphael lists.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Raphael, Fiendish Savior
Raphael, Fiendish Savior distributes +1/+1 counters whenever a Demon, Devil, Vampire, or Tiefling enters, and Body Dropper converts each of those counters into another sacrifice trigger — the two abilities chain together every turn cycle without any additional setup.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Body Dropper is a Commander card first and almost exclusively. The sacrifice-counter loop it enables is too slow and too reliant on a board state to compete in Modern or Legacy, where sacrifice synergies demand immediate, unconditional payoffs. In Pauper it's legal but there's no compelling shell that rewards the specific two-trigger structure it offers. Commander is where the card actually functions: token-heavy and aristocrats builds generate the constant death triggers it needs, and the longer games give it time to snowball.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Body DropperAnimation ModuleAshnod's Altar
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Body DropperAnimation ModulePhyrexian Altar
Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature
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Body DropperAnimation ModuleKrark-Clan Ironworks
Infinite +1/+1 counters on a creature; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Body Dropper is firmly bulk — pick it up in any common-rare mixed lot or grab a copy off the dollar bin. Bulk rares with narrow, archetype-specific appeal rarely climb without a reprint ban shakeup, so treat it as a cheap role-player rather than a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Animation Module
- Raphael, Fiendish Savior
- Ashnod's Altar
- Phyrexian Altar
- Krark-Clan Ironworks
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.