Phyrexian Driver
Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Mercenary
When this creature enters, other Mercenary creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29011
Phyrexian Driver enters as a 3/2 with menace and pumps your other artifact creatures by +1/+0 — a two-for-one effect stapled to a body that can actually attack through blockers. Four mana for a 3/2 is below-rate in most formats, so this card belongs only where the artifact-creature synergy is doing real work.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Phyrexian Driver is a Commander card, full stop — the only format where its artifact-creature payoff density is high enough to justify four mana for a 3/2. In Pauper it's technically legal but faces stiff competition for artifact-creature slots at that cost, where tempo matters far more than incidental pumps. Legacy and Vintage have access to it, but neither format is looking for this effect at this price point. Commander artifact-creature shells — Breya, Zabaz, Shorikai, anything that goes wide with artifact creatures — are where Phyrexian Driver earns its slot, and even there it's a role-player rather than a staple.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Phyrexian Driver is pure bulk — you're not buying this for value, you're buying it because you need the effect. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price floor don't move, so don't expect it to.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.