Destructive Digger
Creature — Goblin
, 
, Sacrifice an artifact or land: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Core Set 2020
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22744
Destructive Digger trades a land for a card — repeatable looting stapled to a 2/2 body, which is a fine rate in red decks that want to pitch specific cards or cycle through dead draws. The mana cost to activate keeps it from being broken, but in the right shell it earns its slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Destructive Digger finds its best home in Commander, where red's chronic card-advantage problem makes any repeatable loot effect worth examining — particularly in decks that want lands in the graveyard or need to filter toward combo pieces. In Pauper it's a legal option but competes with more efficient commons that don't require sacrificing a land to draw. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have enough redundancy and power that Destructive Digger won't see serious play. Pioneer is the same story — the effect exists at higher quality elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Destructive Digger is deep bulk — you're picking this out of a dollar box or grabbing a playset as an afterthought. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so run it because the effect fits your deck, not because you expect any upside.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.