Drakestown Forgotten
Creature — Zombie
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of creature cards in all graveyards.
, Remove a +1/+1 counter from this creature: Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Vintage Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #22539
Drakestown Forgotten enters with X +1/+1 counters — where X equals the number of creature cards in all graveyards — so in a multiplayer game it routinely lands as a 20/20 or larger with no additional setup. The cost is real: it asks for a heavy black mana investment and does nothing if the table hasn't been killing things, but Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight and similar graveyard-enabling commanders make that condition trivially easy to meet.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the obvious home for Drakestown Forgotten: four players means four graveyards, and a multiplayer game where no creatures have died by turn six is vanishingly rare, so the entry size almost always justifies the mana investment. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has no realistic home — those formats move too fast for a slow, conditional finisher with no immediate board impact beyond raw size. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth considering, where a graveyard-synergy planeswalker can set up the conditions to make Drakestown Forgotten land large enough to close a game in one or two swings.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAshnod's AltarDrakestown Forgotten
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colorless mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightAltar of DementiaDrakestown Forgotten
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite mill; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite self-mill
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightViscera SeerDrakestown Forgotten
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightWoe StriderDrakestown Forgotten
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite scry 1
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Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of TwilightPhyrexian AltarDrakestown Forgotten
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite colored mana; Infinite death triggers; Infinite sacrifice triggers
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Drakestown Forgotten isn't available yet, which suggests it's either newly released or thinly tracked — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market listings. Given its build-around nature and Commander-only relevance, expect it to settle in the bulk-to-low-value range unless graveyard synergy decks push demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn // Isilu, Carrier of Twilight
- Ashnod's Altar
- Altar of Dementia
- Viscera Seer
- Woe Strider
- Phyrexian Altar
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.