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Drogskol Reaver

Creature — Spirit

Flying
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.)
Whenever you gain life, draw a card.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{5}{W}{U}
Color identity
UW
Rarity
rare
Set
Foundations
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#4132
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Drogskol Reaver card art
Drogskol Reaver lands as a flying, lifelink, double-strike threat that turns every point of life you gain into a free card — an engine and a clock in one body. The cost is seven mana and no protection, which means commanders like Queza, Augur of Agonies and Will, Scion of Peace that already flood the board with lifegain triggers are the only shells where that price tag is worth paying.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Will, Scion of Peace

Will, Scion of Peace

74.3% of decks · synergy 0.69

Will, Scion of Peace reduces the cost of spells whenever you gain life, and Drogskol Reaver's double-strike lifelink can fire multiple draw triggers in a single combat step — meaning Will's cost reduction kicks in repeatedly on the same turn, letting you chain spells off the life you just gained.

02
Hope Estheim

Hope Estheim

50.3% of decks · synergy 0.45

Hope Estheim cares about gaining life on each player's turn, and Drogskol Reaver's lifelink guarantees life on your combat step while feeding Hope's draw engine with card-draw triggers of its own.

03
Queza, Augur of Agonies

Queza, Augur of Agonies

49.1% of decks · synergy 0.45

Queza, Augur of Agonies drains an opponent for each card drawn, so every life-triggered draw off Drogskol Reaver becomes additional damage and life loss — the two cards form a recursive drain loop whenever Reaver connects.

04
Shanna, Purifying Blade

Shanna, Purifying Blade

41.4% of decks · synergy 0.41

Shanna, Purifying Blade converts life gain directly into card draw, and Drogskol Reaver's double-strike lifelink produces two bursts of life per combat, doubling the draw triggers Shanna sees from a single attack.

05
Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic

37.3% of decks · synergy 0.33

Oloro, Ageless Ascetic generates life every upkeep even from the command zone, and Drogskol Reaver turns that passive income into card advantage — each Oloro trigger becomes a draw trigger once Reaver is on the battlefield.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Drogskol Reaver is legal across every major Constructed format but sees virtually no play outside Commander — seven mana is a non-starter in Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, where the game is usually decided before it resolves. In Commander it finds its home inside dedicated lifegain shells, where the card-draw engine is worth the investment of a full turn's mana. Even there, it's a value piece rather than a combo piece unless paired with a commander like Queza, Augur of Agonies that converts each draw into damage. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where Drogskol Reaver occasionally shows up, since 20 starting life means lifegain synergies come online faster.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Drogskol Reaver is firmly bulk — it's a cheap pickup for any lifegain Commander deck. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to climb without a new breakout commander, but at this floor there's no reason to hesitate on the copy.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.