Dragon Sniper
Creature — Human Archer
Vigilance, reach, deathtouch
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.49
- EDHREC rank
- #4831
Dragon Sniper converts any creature with reach into a repeatable 1-damage ping — useful for picking off X/1 mana dorks, blocking fliers, and most importantly fueling deathtouch kills. The real ceiling is Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant: in that deck, the activated ability draws a card every time you fire it, turning a marginal creature into a card-advantage engine.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant rewards tapping reach creatures with a card draw, so Dragon Sniper becomes a repeatable loot engine — pay one mana, ping a target, draw a card, repeat every turn.
Fynn, the Fangbearer
Fynn, the Fangbearer wins by dealing deathtouch combat damage, and Dragon Sniper lets any reach creature in the deck snipe a player for one damage with deathtouch, stacking poison counters without needing to swing through blockers.
Indominus Rex, Alpha
Indominus Rex, Alpha cares about stacking keyword abilities onto a single creature, and Dragon Sniper's reach plus its activated ability both add text worth grafting — reach in particular is a keyword Indominus hunts for.
Kathril, Aspect Warper
Kathril, Aspect Warper distributes keywords from creatures in the graveyard, so Dragon Sniper in the bin donates reach to the board and enables Kathril to spread it across the team.
Vraska, the Silencer
Vraska, the Silencer runs a Golgari deathtouch-matters package, and Dragon Sniper gives any reach creature a cheap tap-to-ping that becomes a removal spell when deathtouch is live on the board.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dragon Sniper is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Standard, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its competitive ceiling is essentially zero outside Commander. In 60-card formats, a 1/2 reach for two mana that pings for one damage at 
activation is well below rate — there is no realistic slot for it in Legacy or Modern where the bar for creatures is Ragavan or Murktide territory. Commander is the only format where Dragon Sniper earns a deck slot, specifically in deathtouch-synergy or reach-matters builds where the activation doubles as removal or card advantage. It is not legal in Pauper, which is the one format where a cheap utility creature might otherwise find fringe play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.49 bulk tier
At $0.49, Dragon Sniper is firmly bulk — pick it up in a common box or throw it in a trade binder filler slot. Bulk rares with narrow Commander synergy rarely appreciate unless the commander they serve spikes in popularity, so treat this as a pure utility acquisition, not a hold.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.