Drogskol Captain
Creature — Spirit Soldier
Flying
Other Spirit creatures you control get +1/+1 and have hexproof. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities your opponents control.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Crimson Vow Commander
- Price
- $0.37
- EDHREC rank
- #7871
Drogskol Captain pumps every Spirit you control and makes them hexproof — two lines of text that together make a Spirit board nearly impossible to interact with at instant speed. Millicent, Restless Revenant is the natural home, but any Spirit-tribal list that runs blue-white should treat this as a four-of equivalent auto-include.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Millicent, Restless Revenant
Millicent, Restless Revenant generates a continuous stream of Spirit tokens, and Drogskol Captain turns that stream into a hexproof, anthemed army — opposing spot removal stops mattering the moment this hits the board.
Ranar the Ever-Watchful
Ranar the Ever-Watchful produces Spirit tokens off foretell and exile triggers, so Drogskol Captain's +1/+1 anthem and hexproof layer arrive exactly when the token count starts snowballing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Drogskol Captain does its best work — Spirit tribal is a well-supported archetype in blue-white, and the hexproof clause scales directly with how many creatures share the type on board. In Modern, dedicated Spirit strategies exist and the card is legal, but the format's speed makes a three-mana lord a tougher sell against aggressive matchups; it still sees play in the archetype when the hexproof clause is worth the tempo cost. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a three-mana 2/2 with no enters-the-battlefield effect to matter, regardless of the tribal upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.37 bulk tier
At $0.37, Drogskol Captain is bulk — the price of a card with near-mandatory inclusion in its archetype that has simply been printed enough to suppress value. Pick up copies freely; there's no meaningful financial risk at this price point.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.