Is Magda, the Hoardmaster good in Commander?

Magda, the Hoardmaster

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker

Whenever you commit a crime, create a tapped Treasure token. This ability triggers only once each turn. (Targeting opponents, anything they control, and/or cards in their graveyards is a crime.)
Sacrifice three Treasures: Create a 4/4 red Scorpion Dragon creature token with flying and haste. Activate only as a sorcery.

CMC: 2
Mana cost
Color identity: R
Rarity: rare
Set: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
Price: $0.84
EDHREC rank: #2029

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Magda, the Hoardmaster generates a Treasure and a 4/4 Dragon token every time a creature dies — on either side of the table — which means in a creature-heavy pod she snowballs without any setup. The cost is that her effect is symmetrical and reactive, so she rewards reading the table rather than forcing action the way Magda, Brazen Outlaw or Ganax, Astral Hunter do.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

73.2% of decks · synergy 0.67

Magda, Brazen Outlaw's Dwarf-tap engine already wants Treasures flowing, and slotting in Magda, the Hoardmaster means every creature death — including Dwarves sacrificed to cash in Treasures — refuels the hoard and adds a Dragon body that Brazen Outlaw can immediately search out tutors for.

Marchesa, Dealer of Death

63.3% of decks · synergy 0.62

Marchesa, Dealer of Death's goad and death-trigger gameplan turns every combat step into a creature massacre, and Magda, the Hoardmaster converts each of those deaths into a Treasure and a growing Dragon army on Marchesa's side of the ledger.

Zidane, Tantalus Thief

48.4% of decks · synergy 0.47

Zidane, Tantalus Thief cares about combat damage and keeping creatures swinging, which generates a steady stream of blocks and deaths that Magda, the Hoardmaster translates into Treasures and tokens without requiring extra investment.

Kelsien, the Plague

44.5% of decks · synergy 0.42

Kelsien, the Plague kills creatures one by one for value, and Magda, the Hoardmaster turns each of those targeted kills into a Treasure plus a 4/4 Dragon, compounding the incremental advantage Kelsien was already generating.

Roxanne, Starfall Savant

43.7% of decks · synergy 0.41

Roxanne, Starfall Savant is a big-mana Meteor Golem-style deck that wants Treasures to accelerate its meteorite payoffs, and Magda, the Hoardmaster supplies a passive Treasure stream off the creature deaths those expensive spells inevitably cause.

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

In Commander, Magda, the Hoardmaster is at her best — multiplayer pods generate consistent creature deaths across four players, which means her trigger fires often enough to produce real Treasure counts and a meaningful Dragon army without any dedicated setup. In 1v1 formats like Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer she's too slow and too conditional; a three-mana 2/3 that waits for creatures to die doesn't compete with the proactive threats those formats demand. Standard is the only context where she has a plausible home, specifically in Rakdos or Mardu sacrifice shells where you're already engineering deaths, but even there she's a value piece rather than a threat. Oathbreaker gives her the same multiplayer upside as Commander, and she fits neatly under any red or black planeswalker that wants artifacts or bodies.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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