Lord Dregg, Insect Invader
Legendary Creature — Insect Warrior
Flying
Disappear — At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent left the battlefield under your control this turn, create a 1/1 black Insect Warrior creature token with flying.
, Sacrifice a token: Draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BG
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #21642
Lord Dregg, Insect Invader puts a free 1/1 Insect token into play every time a noncreature spell resolves under its controller, then pumps the whole swarm with a static +1/+1 anthem — all on a four-mana body that does real work the moment it lands. The cost is that it rewards spell-heavy play, so it underperforms in pure creature-based go-wide lists.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the primary home for Lord Dregg, Insect Invader — Insect tribal lists and spellslinger-adjacent token strategies both want the repeatable token generation, and the anthem effect scales with a wide board in ways that matter at a multiplayer table. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the four-mana investment is steep for what amounts to a value engine rather than a threat, and token payoffs with lower mana floors crowd it out. Legacy and Vintage move too fast to cast it safely. Standard is where it has the most realistic non-Commander niche, provided a supported Insect or token archetype exists in the environment.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Lord Dregg, Insect Invader is deep bulk — easy to pick up as a throw-in or in any precon-adjacent order. Bulk rares with narrow tribal applications rarely climb without a competitive breakout, so treat it as a zero-risk pickup rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.