Dross Hopper
Creature — Phyrexian Insect Horror
Sacrifice a creature: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #15334
Dross Hopper gives you a free sacrifice outlet with evasion built in — the flying matters as much as the ability, since a 1/1 that can pitch itself to push through unblocked damage is doing real work in Phyrexian tribal and insect shells alike. In Zask, Skittering Swarmlord decks specifically, it doubles as a mana sink and a way to cash in tokens for relevant graveyard triggers. Bulk rare, clear role — run it if insects are your game.
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 |
Dross Hopper is a Commander card first and almost exclusively — the niche it fills (cheap, evasive sac outlet in artifact-creature and insect shells) barely registers in competitive 60-card formats where dedicated sacrifice engines are faster and more powerful. In Pauper it's legal but unremarkable; one-mana 1/1s with conditional abilities need to do more to compete there. Legacy and Vintage have no interest. Commander is where the flying and the activated ability line up with what tribal and graveyard-value decks actually want from a one-drop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Zask, Skittering SwarmlordVerdant SuccessionDross Hopper
Infinite self-mill; Near-infinite death triggers; Near-infinite ETB; Near-infinite LTB; Near-infinite sacrifice triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Dross Hopper is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than order individually. That price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Zask, Skittering Swarmlord
- Verdant Succession
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.