Corroding Dragonstorm
Enchantment
When this enchantment enters, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Surveil 2. (Look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)
When a Dragon you control enters, return this enchantment to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #11233
Corroding Dragonstorm hits the board and immediately threatens a sweeper on a dragon body — the cost to get there is steep, but Sivitri, Dragon Master can tutor it directly into play and skip the mana entirely. If you're running a dragon tribal shell with ways to cheat big creatures into play, this is one of the higher-impact payoffs available.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master's tutor ability finds Corroding Dragonstorm on command, turning a punishingly expensive spell into a free threat that arrives with a removal trigger already loaded.
Rivaz of the Claw
Rivaz of the Claw recurs dragons from the graveyard for free, which means Corroding Dragonstorm doesn't stay dead — recasting it from the yard after a board wipe can chain into another removal effect and rebuild your board simultaneously.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Corroding Dragonstorm is legal across every major constructed format but realistically lives in Commander, where the singleton rule and multiplayer politics let a single splashy dragon justify its mana cost. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the cost is prohibitive and there's no shortage of more efficient threats, so it sees virtually no play there. Standard eligibility gives it a theoretical window, but dragon payoffs in any given standard environment rarely scale to this cost. Commander is where the card actually functions — dragon tribal decks with cost-reduction or cheat-into-play effects turn Corroding Dragonstorm from a win-more bomb into a legitimate engine piece.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Corroding Dragonstorm is deep bulk — you're picking this up as a throw-in or out of a bulk box, not a singles purchase. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb unless a high-profile commander causes a spike, so treat this as a free inclusion if you already own it rather than a card worth tracking.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.