Dagger Caster
Creature — Lizard Rogue
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to each opponent and 1 damage to each creature your opponents control.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ravnica: Clue Edition
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #10973
Dagger Caster hits every opponent for 1 damage on entry and every time it attacks — that's up to 3 damage per attack step spread across the table before combat damage resolves. In decks that reward pinging opponents, particularly under Gev, Scaled Scorch, that incremental damage compounds fast enough to close games.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch triggers whenever an opponent takes 1 or more noncombat damage, turning each Dagger Caster attack into a guaranteed Gev trigger — and with multiple opponents, a single swing is three triggers at once.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dagger Caster is a Commander card through and through — the three-opponent table is what makes the repeated pinging worthwhile, since each attack hits three players simultaneously and snowballs with damage-trigger commanders. In 1v1 formats like Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy, a 2/3 for four mana that pings for 1 on attacks is simply too slow and too small to matter competitively. Oathbreaker shares the multiplayer context and could support similar ping-based strategies, though the smaller card pool limits the density of synergies. Outside of Commander and Oathbreaker, Dagger Caster has no realistic home.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Dagger Caster is bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or cheap inclusion without any budget consideration. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new ping-matters commander pushes the archetype into broader play.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.