Dwarven Driller
Creature — Dwarf
: Destroy target land unless its controller has this creature deal 2 damage to them.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Judgment
- Price
- $0.53
- EDHREC rank
- #16851
Dwarven Driller enters the battlefield and immediately destroys a land — no attack, no tap, no waiting — and that on-board impact is the whole pitch. The cost is real: five mana for a 2/2 is a bad rate, and the effect doesn't scale, so outside of dedicated land-destruction shells it rarely earns its slot. In Zo-Zu the Punisher builds, though, the math changes fast.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Zo-Zu the Punisher
Zo-Zu the Punisher taxes every land drop, so Dwarven Driller's enter-the-battlefield land destruction doesn't just slow an opponent — it converts directly into two damage dealt the moment that player tries to rebuild.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dwarven Driller is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana 2/2 with a one-shot land destruction trigger when efficient alternatives exist at half the cost or less. Commander is the only format where it sees real play, and even there the range is narrow: Zo-Zu the Punisher builds and dedicated land-destruction decks are essentially the entire audience. Outside those shells, Dwarven Driller is too slow and too fragile to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.53 bulk tier
At $0.53, Dwarven Driller is firmly bulk — cheap enough that picking up a copy costs nothing, but niche enough that demand will never push it meaningfully higher. It's a low-risk include for the decks that want it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.