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Savra, Queen of the Golgari

Legendary Creature — Elf Shaman

Whenever you sacrifice a black creature, you may pay 2 life. If you do, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Whenever you sacrifice a green creature, you may gain 2 life.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{2}{B}{G}
Color identity
BG
Rarity
rare
Set
Secret Lair Drop
Price
$6.28
EDHREC rank
#6067
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Savra, Queen of the Golgari card art
Savra, Queen of the Golgari turns every creature sacrifice into a board-wide edict and a life swing — repeatedly, for free, as long as you keep feeding her. Beledros Witherbloom and Chatterfang, Squirrel General both generate the token volume needed to make that engine feel oppressive rather than incidental.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Beledros Witherbloom

Beledros Witherbloom

45.3% of decks · synergy 0.42

Beledros Witherbloom's life-gain triggers and token production give Savra, Queen of the Golgari a constant stream of fodder, and the life Savra drains back keeps Beledros's own pay-life ability cheap to activate.

02
Dina, Essence Brewer

Dina, Essence Brewer

24.9% of decks · synergy 0.21

Dina, Essence Brewer drains opponents whenever you gain life, so every black creature Savra, Queen of the Golgari sacrifices — and the four life that follows — translates directly into damage without needing combat.

03
Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest

19.0% of decks · synergy 0.15

Mazirek, Kraul Death Priest puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature you control each time a permanent hits a graveyard, so the forced sacrifices Savra, Queen of the Golgari generates grow your board while stripping opponents' creatures at the same time.

04
Dina, Soul Steeper

Dina, Soul Steeper

16.0% of decks · synergy 0.12

Dina, Soul Steeper punishes life gain just as Savra, Queen of the Golgari produces it, turning the four-life trigger from a defensive bonus into a repeated drain-and-damage loop that closes games quickly.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is the natural home for Savra, Queen of the Golgari — the multiplayer table amplifies every triggered drain and edict, and the 100-card format gives you room to build the sacrifice engine she demands. In Legacy and Vintage she's legal but essentially invisible; a four-mana 2/2 with no immediate board impact can't compete in those formats' tempo environments. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth noting: as a signature spell's partner commander she fits a dedicated aristocrats shell, though her stat line caps her ceiling there.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Poison-Tip Archer covers part of Savra, Queen of the Golgari's drain effect — any creature dying (yours or opponents') pings each opponent — for under a dollar, though it skips the edict pressure entirely. Tainted Remedy and Zulaport Cutthroat each replicate one axis of Savra's game plan on a budget, but none of them combine forced sacrifice with life swing on a single card the way Savra does.

Price Context

Current price

$6.28 mid tier

At $6.28, Savra, Queen of the Golgari sits comfortably in the mid tier — affordable enough to slot into any aristocrats build without a second thought. Given her role as a recurring edict and drain engine rather than a format staple, that price is fair and unlikely to spike without a reprint or sudden combo breakout.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.