Kor Spiritdancer
Creature — Kor Wizard
This creature gets +2/+2 for each Aura attached to it.
Whenever you cast an Aura spell, you may draw a card.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planechase Anthology
- Price
- $3.96
- EDHREC rank
- #1956
Kor Spiritdancer turns every Aura you cast into a free card draw and a permanent power boost — two engines stapled to a two-drop. The catch is that it dies to anything and does nothing without enchantments to support it, but in a deck built around Auras, Killian, Decisive Mentor included, the upside is enormous enough to make that fragility irrelevant.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Killian, Decisive Mentor
Killian, Decisive Mentor already discounts Auras, and Kor Spiritdancer converts every one of those cheap spells into a draw trigger, turning cost reduction directly into card advantage — the two cards form the core engine of the deck.
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice
Light-Paws, Emperor's Voice chains Auras off the library on every cast, and Kor Spiritdancer draws a card for each one that lands, meaning a single spell can net two or three cards while Light-Paws assembles a lethal stack.
Eriette of the Charmed Apple
Eriette of the Charmed Apple wants to spread Auras across the board as quickly as possible, and Kor Spiritdancer rewards that volume with a draw trigger on every cast, keeping the hand full while the enchantment pressure mounts.
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor
Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor cares about Auras on your own creatures and rewards going wide with enchantments, making Kor Spiritdancer a natural inclusion that converts spell volume into cards and power simultaneously.
Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ
Three Dog, Galaxy News DJ runs a dense Aura package to trigger its broadcast ability repeatedly, and Kor Spiritdancer stacks draw triggers on top of every cast, compounding the card advantage the deck is already trying to generate.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Kor Spiritdancer is most at home — the 100-card singleton format rewards dedicated Aura strategies, and the card functions as a cornerstone engine in any enchantress shell. In Legacy, it's legal and theoretically playable, but the format's speed and removal density make a fragile two-drop that needs setup time a risky investment; enchantress decks there lean on more resilient payoffs. Modern is similar — it's seen fringe play in Aura-focused decks alongside Ethereal Armor and Gladecover Scout, but the format's interaction density keeps it from being a staple. Kor Spiritdancer is not legal in Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper, which limits its accessibility, but that has no bearing on its Commander ceiling.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.96 cheap tier
At $3.96, Kor Spiritdancer sits comfortably in budget territory for the power level it delivers — it's one of the cheapest ways to build a draw engine into an Aura-heavy Commander deck. Given its role as a near-auto-include in multiple high-popularity commanders, the price is unlikely to drop further and could rise if any of those archetypes see a spike in play.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.