Dreg Reaver
Creature — Zombie Beast
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shards of Alara
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30095
Dreg Reaver is a 5/3 trampler for five mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond trample, and no upside beyond the stat line. Vanilla bodies at this cost don't make Commander cuts — there are too many five-drops that also do something.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dreg Reaver is a bulk common in every format where it's legal, and that's the full story. In Pauper the common card pool is deep enough that a vanilla 5/3 trample for five doesn't compete with creatures that generate value on entry or provide repeated utility. In Legacy and Vintage it's not even a consideration — those formats end before a five-mana do-nothing trades with anything meaningful. Commander is the format most likely to house a card like this, but even there, the bar for a five-drop is at least one triggered or activated ability; Dreg Reaver clears the power-and-toughness bar and clears nothing else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Dreg Reaver sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — nothing about its text box creates demand that would move the price. Picking one up costs essentially nothing, but the more relevant question is whether it belongs in the deck at all.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.