Dragonlord's Servant
Creature — Goblin Shaman
Dragon spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
- Price
- $0.35
- EDHREC rank
- #1308
Dragonlord's Servant shaves one generic mana off every Dragon spell you cast — on a 1/3 body for two mana that survives most early pings. In a format full of six- and seven-mana Dragons, that discount adds up faster than any ramp spell that exiles itself; the downside is a 1/3 that dies to a stiff breeze in combat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render costs eight mana, and Dragonlord's Servant turns that into seven — the difference between playing your commander on curve and a turn early when your opponents are least prepared for a double-striking trampler.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen wants Dragons hitting the table as fast as possible to start generating tokens, and Dragonlord's Servant is one of the cheapest ways to accelerate that clock without spending a card on a land.
Rivaz of the Claw
Rivaz of the Claw already gives Dragons flash, so the bottleneck becomes raw mana — Dragonlord's Servant closes that gap and makes it easier to hold up interaction while still deploying threats on your end step.
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut runs a tight Gruul package where every mana reducer stacks meaningfully, and Dragonlord's Servant pairs directly with Acolyte of Bahamut's cost-reduction to make the deck's big Dragons land a full two mana cheaper.
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm decks run so many expensive Dragons that any cost reducer earns its slot, and Dragonlord's Servant's low opportunity cost — two mana for a body that sticks around — makes it a near-automatic inclusion in the archetype.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dragonlord's Servant is a Commander card, full stop — Dragon tribal in 60-card formats doesn't have the density or the seven-mana haymakers that make a cost reducer worth a two-mana slot. In Commander, it's close to a staple in any mono-red or Gruul Dragon shell, and it pulls its weight in three- and four-color Dragon builds too, where the mana base already strains to hit colored pips for large creatures. Pauper has occasional Dragon-adjacent brews that could use it, but the redundancy of cost reducers isn't payable in a format where the Dragons themselves rarely crack four mana. Everywhere else — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Dragonlord's Servant sits legal but irrelevant.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.35 bulk tier
At $0.35, Dragonlord's Servant is true bulk — it sees enough Commander play to stay in print but not enough to climb. There's no reason to expect price movement in either direction; it's a stable pickup that costs less than a sleeve.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Atarka, World Render
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen
- Rivaz of the Claw
- Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
- Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.