Dominus of Fealty
Creature — Spirit Avatar
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may gain control of target permanent until end of turn. If you do, untap it and it gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $1.06
- EDHREC rank
- #11567
Dominus of Fealty steals any nonland permanent at the start of your upkeep — no targeting, no activation cost, just a mandatory trigger that yanks something across the table and hands it to you until end of turn, usable as an attacker or sacrifice fodder. The ask is five mana for a 4/4 flier with no protection, which means it dies to most interaction before it ever untaps, but if it survives even one full rotation around the table you've already gotten more value than most creatures at this slot. Edea, Possessed Sorceress decks in particular want it badly enough that nearly 40% of them run it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edea, Possessed Sorceress
Edea, Possessed Sorceress cares about casting spells you don't own, and Dominus of Fealty generates a stolen permanent every single upkeep — feeding that trigger without spending a card, which turns the Dominus into a repeating engine rather than a one-shot theft effect.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dominus of Fealty actually lives — a multiplayer table means the trigger fires every upkeep you survive, and three opponents each offering up a target makes the card catastrophically good if it sticks. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but essentially invisible; five mana for a creature with no immediate impact and no protection against interactive decks means it never makes the cut in those formats. Modern is the same story — it's technically legal but too slow and too fragile to see play in a format that kills you on turn four. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.06 cheap tier
At $1.06, Dominus of Fealty sits comfortably in bulk-rare territory — cheap enough that there's no reason to hesitate on picking it up for any blue-red shell that can use it. That price is unlikely to spike unless a marquee Commander precon puts it in front of a mass audience, but you're buying it for the effect, not the trajectory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.