Bone Devourer
Creature — Dragon
Flash
Flying
This creature enters with a number of +1/+1 counters on it equal to the number of creatures that died this turn.
When this creature dies, you draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #10603
Bone Devourer enters as a 4/4 with menace and immediately cantrips by exiling a creature card from your graveyard — you get a body and replace itself in hand at the same time. That two-for-one packaging in a single cast is the whole appeal, and Sivitri, Dragon Master can tutor it directly because it's a Dragon.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master can search up Bone Devourer directly with her tutor trigger, giving you an on-demand 4/4 menace that replaces itself — exactly the kind of resilient, self-sufficient threat a Dragon-tribal package wants access to at instant speed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Bone Devourer does its best work — graveyard filling is endemic to the format, so the exile cost rarely feels like a cost, and a 4/4 menace that draws a card on entry is a clean rate for four mana in any black strategy that wants bodies. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; the card isn't close to the power threshold either format demands. Outside of Commander and Oathbreaker, Bone Devourer simply isn't legal in any major competitive format, so don't bother looking for crossover value.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Bone Devourer is deep bulk — you're paying nearly nothing for a card that overdelivers at casual Commander tables. Bulk mythics and rares don't tend to climb without a sudden competitive application, and Bone Devourer has none, so treat it as a cheap pickup and nothing more.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.