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Dargo, the Shipwrecker

Legendary Creature — Giant Pirate

As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice any number of artifacts and/or creatures. This spell costs {2} less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this way and {2} less to cast for each other artifact or creature you've sacrificed this turn.
Trample
Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

CMC
7
Mana cost
{6}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Magic Online Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#7840
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Dargo, the Shipwrecker card art
Dargo, the Shipwrecker is a 7/5 trampler that routinely hits the battlefield for one or two mana once you've sacrificed a few permanents — the cost reduction is the card. Pair it with a sacrifice-friendly partner like Silas Renn, Seeker Adept or slot it under Rakdos, the Muscle and you have a massive beater that resets every turn for almost nothing.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rakdos, the Muscle

Rakdos, the Muscle

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.34

Rakdos, the Muscle demands sacrifice fodder every combat, which drives Dargo, the Shipwrecker's cost down to virtually nothing — the two cards form a self-sustaining engine where one feeds the other each turn.

02
Breeches, Brazen PlundererMalcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator

19.2% of decks · synergy 0.19

The Breeches, Brazen Plunderer // Malcolm, Keen-Eyed Navigator pirate package wants cheap, aggressive bodies that pressure opponents early, and Dargo, the Shipwrecker fills that role perfectly once the sacrifice loop from treasure tokens and stolen permanents reduces its cost to one or two mana.

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

Commander is where Dargo, the Shipwrecker lives — the partner mechanic lets it slot into Rakdos sacrifice shells or Grixis artifact strategies alongside Silas Renn, and the recurring cost reduction scales well over a full game. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but far too slow and parasitic for those formats, where a seven-mana body with conditional reduction can't compete with the raw efficiency on offer. Oathbreaker is the only other format worth mentioning, and even there its utility depends entirely on whether your spellcaster supports a sacrifice theme.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

3 decks
Dargo, the ShipwreckerThermopod

Dargo, the ShipwreckerThermopod

Infinite commander casts; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite storm count

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Dargo, the Shipwrecker isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number. Given its niche role as a sacrifice-payoff partner rather than a format staple, it has historically sat in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if you're building the deck, not worth speculating on.

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