Salvage Drone
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
Devoid (This card has no color.)
Ingest (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library.)
When this creature dies, you may draw a card. If you do, discard a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Battle for Zendikar
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #20178
Salvage Drone is a one-mana 1/1 with Ingest and the ability to loot by paying one blue and discarding it — niche self-mill/discard payoff material at best. It's too slow and too small to matter in any powered context, and the Ingest mechanic rarely generates enough advantage to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Salvage Drone is legal everywhere but Standard, and in no format is it a serious consideration. In Commander, it occupies the narrow lane of budget Dimir graveyard decks that need cheap looting bodies — functional, but easily outclassed by Hedron Crab or Thought Scour for pure mill, or Merfolk Looter for repeatable looting. In Pauper it's similarly overshadowed; one-mana blue creatures with enters-the-battlefield or repeatable effects are better picks for any tempo or mill strategy. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer simply have no shell where Salvage Drone is the correct card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Salvage Drone is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not a singles list. That price is stable because demand is nearly zero; it won't rise without a dramatic Ingest-matters reprint or new mechanic support.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.