Dromoka Captain
Creature — Human Soldier
First strike
Whenever this creature attacks, bolster 1. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #25012
Dromoka Captain enters with a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control that has a +1/+1 counter — doubling your board's counters the moment it lands. That's immediate, substantial impact for a three-mana 2/2, and in any counters-matter shell it earns its slot on entry alone.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dromoka Captain is a Commander card through and through — its trigger scales with board width in a way that 1v1 formats rarely reward. In Modern and Pioneer the three-mana 2/2 body is too fragile and the trigger too conditional to compete; counters synergies in those formats have cheaper, more redundant pieces. Legacy and Vintage aren't interested either — the effect isn't remotely broken enough for those environments. Commander is where the math works: a full board of counters-bearing creatures means this enters and immediately sets up a large combat step, and it slots cleanly into any Atraxa, Praetors' Voice or Hamza, Guardian of Arashin list without asking for anything unusual.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Dromoka Captain is deep bulk — pick it up without thinking about it. Bulk rares with narrow synergy profiles rarely climb unless a commander printing dramatically raises demand, so treat it as a functional role-player at a throw-in price rather than a spec target.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.