Dega Disciple
Creature — Human Wizard
, 
: Target creature gets -2/-0 until end of turn.
, : Target creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BRW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Apocalypse
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30769
Dega Disciple is a one-mana 1/1 that drains each opponent for 1 when it attacks — fine incidental life loss in token swarm or aristocrats shells, but three colors of mana for that body is a real ask. It's playable in dedicated life-loss strategies and nowhere else.
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, Dega Disciple earns its spot only in black-white-red decks explicitly built around draining each opponent — think Mardu aristocrats or token-go-wide strategies where that 1-life-per-opponent trigger stacks across many bodies. Outside that niche, the three-color pip requirement on a 1/1 is too steep. In Pauper, the format's aggro and tempo demands leave Dega Disciple too slow and too fragile to see play. Legacy and Vintage are simply too powerful an environment for a vanilla-statted common with a minor triggered ability.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Dega Disciple is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy outright. There's no financial upside here; it's a purely functional pickup for players who specifically need the effect.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.