Dynamite Diver
Creature — Goblin Pilot
This creature saddles Mounts and crews Vehicles as though its power were 2 greater.
When this creature dies, it deals 1 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #13780
Dynamite Diver hits the battlefield and immediately threatens the most dangerous creature across the table — the payoff is on-board the turn it enters, no setup required. The cost is that it's a four-mana 2/2 with no defensive upside, so it lives and dies by how punishing that bounce-and-deal effect is in your specific game state; in a shell built around Balthier and Fran, that question has an obvious answer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Balthier and Fran
Balthier and Fran triggers off equipped creatures dealing combat damage, and Dynamite Diver slots in as both a threat and a removal spell that clears the path — nearly half of all Balthier and Fran decks run it because it does two jobs at once on an aggressive curve.
Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Kolodin, Triumph Caster rewards you for casting spells with high mana values or generating value from enters-the-battlefield effects, and Dynamite Diver's targeted damage-plus-bounce hits relevant creatures while feeding those triggers — over a quarter of Kolodin, Triumph Caster decks include it as a repeatable disruption piece.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Dynamite Diver earns its slot in aggro-tempo strategies that need interactive creatures rather than dedicated removal spells — it's at its best when the bounce doubles as a political tool or when attacking is already the plan. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it doesn't clear the bar; the rate on a four-mana 2/2 is too poor when dedicated removal and better ETB creatures exist at every point on the curve. Pauper is the one non-Commander format where Dynamite Diver could find occasional niche use in tempo shells, though even there the competition at four mana is stiff. Standard-legal players will find it as a budget placeholder at best.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Dynamite Diver is deep bulk — you're paying cardboard-and-sleeve money, not card money. Bulk rares and uncommons at this price tier don't appreciate unless a format spike pushes them, and there's no current competitive pressure to suggest that's coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Balthier and Fran
- Kolodin, Triumph Caster
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.