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Cadric, Soul Kindler

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Wizard

The "legend rule" doesn't apply to tokens you control.
Whenever another nontoken legendary permanent you control enters, you may pay {1}. If you do, create a token that's a copy of it. That token gains haste. Sacrifice it at the beginning of the next end step.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{R}{W}
Color identity
RW
Rarity
rare
Set
Dominaria United Commander
Price
$4.23
EDHREC rank
#4967
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Cadric, Soul Kindler card art
Cadric, Soul Kindler lets you copy every legendary creature or planeswalker that enters under your control — tokens included, legend rule bypassed — for the cost of paying its mana value again. That's an enormous ceiling, and the only real constraint is that the copy dies at end of turn, which matters a lot less when you're copying something like Saffi Eriksdotter for a loop or doubling Dihada, Binder of Wills's loyalty for free.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Dihada, Binder of Wills

Dihada, Binder of Wills

49.9% of decks · synergy 0.47

Dihada, Binder of Wills is the highest-synergy home for Cadric, Soul Kindler because Dihada's +2 produces Legendary tokens, which Cadric immediately copies — effectively doubling your board every turn without paying additional mana.

02
Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge

44.8% of decks · synergy 0.42

Shanid, Sleepers' Scourge rewards you for playing legendary permanents, so Cadric, Soul Kindler's copy trigger fires constantly in that deck and every copy drawn off Shanid's ability cycles back into more legends.

03
Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds

25.0% of decks · synergy 0.24

Ghired, Mirror of the Wilds cares about token creation and populate, and Cadric, Soul Kindler generates token copies of every legendary creature Ghired sees — giving populate targets that are as powerful as the originals.

04
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree

21.0% of decks · synergy 0.18

Zurgo, Thunder's Decree builds around Warriors, many of whom are legendary, so Cadric, Soul Kindler reliably triggers on the same creatures Zurgo is already incentivizing you to cast.

05
Jodah, the Unifier

Jodah, the Unifier

18.0% of decks · synergy 0.17

Jodah, the Unifier cascades into legendary spells constantly, and Cadric, Soul Kindler turns each of those enters-the-battlefield events into a free copy — effectively doubling Jodah's already-explosive legendary chain.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Cadric, Soul Kindler is a Commander card through and through — the legendary-matters density required to make the copy trigger worthwhile only exists in a 100-card singleton format where you're building around it. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with formats that don't care about grinding value off ETB triggers over multiple turns; no serious non-Commander shell wants a five-mana do-nothing-the-turn-it-arrives. Oathbreaker is the one fringe format where Cadric could function as a signature spell engine, though its role there is niche. The honest read is that Cadric, Soul Kindler is a 99-card build-around, and Commander is the only format where that's a compliment.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.23 cheap tier

At $4.23, Cadric, Soul Kindler sits in the cheap tier — low enough to include experimentally without budget guilt, high enough that it's not bulk. The price reflects real demand from Dihada and Jodah lists rather than a spec spike, so it's unlikely to crater.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.