Dripping-Tongue Zubera
Creature — Zubera Spirit
When this creature dies, create a 1/1 colorless Spirit creature token for each Zubera that died this turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Champions of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #25645
Dripping-Tongue Zubera generates a 1/1 Spirit token when it dies — or more tokens if other Zuberas died the same turn — for a two-mana 1/1 body that does nothing until it hits the graveyard. Outside of dedicated Zubera synergy, that rate is unplayable.
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 |
In Commander, Dripping-Tongue Zubera only earns a slot in Zubera tribal shells where multiple spirits dying in the same turn multiplies the token output into something meaningful. Pauper is its most competitive home — the Zubera package is a known budget combo shell there, and the format's lower power floor makes a death-trigger token engine more viable. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper, but no competitive shell wants a 2-mana 1/1 whose payoff requires other specific creatures to die alongside it. Oathbreaker has the same caveat as Commander: synergy-dependent, not a standalone inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Dripping-Tongue Zubera is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable because nothing outside Zubera tribal wants it, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.