Deepwood Drummer
Creature — Human Spellshaper
, 
, Discard a card: Target creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29108
Deepwood Drummer makes all creatures with power 2 or less unable to block — a static, on-board evasion tax that punches through token swarms and utility creatures every combat. The cost is a two-mana 1/1 with no other upside, so it earns its slot only when your deck is built to exploit exactly that restriction.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Deepwood Drummer is a niche include — it rewards decks running high-power attackers that want to push through token boards or creature-heavy metas where 1/1s and 2/2s clog combat. Pauper is where it has the most plausible competitive use, since the format's creature base skews small and the evasion effect can be genuinely backbreaking in the right aggressive shell. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but neither format needs this effect when superior options exist and games rarely hinge on combat evasion at that level. Deepwood Drummer is a Commander card first — and even there, a narrow one.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Deepwood Drummer is firmly bulk — it costs essentially nothing to acquire and fits any budget. It won't appreciate; this is a pick-it-up-if-you-need-it card with no meaningful price floor to protect.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.