Desiccated Naga
Creature — Zombie Snake
: Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Activate only if you control a Liliana planeswalker.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27393
Desiccated Naga puts a 3/1 on the board and replaces itself when it dies — reasonable stats for three mana in a graveyard-matters shell. The activation cost to recur it is steep enough that you're really paying for the death trigger, not the recursion.
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 |
Desiccated Naga is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive constructed formats have no interest in a three-mana 3/1 with conditional recursion. Commander is where Desiccated Naga earns its slot — specifically in sacrifice or graveyard decks that want cheap fodder with upside on death. Outside of that niche, it's too slow and too conditional to see play anywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Desiccated Naga is pure bulk — you're not spending real money here. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand pulling it up, so grab a copy if the slot calls for it and don't think twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.