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Shivan Devastator

Creature — Dragon Hydra

Flying, haste
This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it.

CMC
1
Mana cost
{X}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Dominaria United
Price
$5.37
EDHREC rank
#3896
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Shivan Devastator card art
Shivan Devastator lands as a hasty, flying Dragon with power and toughness equal to whatever mana you pump into it — the ceiling is enormous and the floor is still a threat on turn four. Ganax, Astral Hunter and Rosheen, Roaring Prophet are the natural homes, but any deck that can flood mana into an X cost gets immediate, evasive value.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rosheen, Roaring Prophet

Rosheen, Roaring Prophet

60.7% of decks · synergy 0.59

Rosheen, Roaring Prophet's ability to tap for four mana that fuels X spells makes Shivan Devastator one of the clearest payoffs in the deck — Rosheen alone covers half the cost of a turn-four Dragon the size of a small building.

02
Magus Lucea Kane

Magus Lucea Kane

44.6% of decks · synergy 0.41

Magus Lucea Kane copies spells with X in their mana cost, which means Shivan Devastator becomes two Dragons for the price of one — the copied token enters with the same X, so you get two hasty fliers at whatever size you paid for.

03
Lathliss, Dragon Queen

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

38.2% of decks · synergy 0.37

Lathliss, Dragon Queen triggers off every Dragon that enters the battlefield, so Shivan Devastator immediately spawns a 5/5 token and gives the whole board a power boost — it's both a tribal member and a pump effect in one card.

04
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

26.7% of decks · synergy 0.25

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient generates massive amounts of combat mana that wants to go somewhere before it evaporates, and Shivan Devastator converts that surplus directly into a game-ending flier the turn after Klauth connects.

05
Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

18.1% of decks · synergy 0.18

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator cares about goading and Dragon tribal synergies, and Shivan Devastator fills both slots — it's a Dragon that scales with available mana and threatens the air when opponents are busy swinging at each other.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

In Commander, Shivan Devastator is a reliable top-end threat in any red deck with meaningful mana acceleration — it scales to the late game and closes fast thanks to haste and flying. In Modern and Pioneer, it competes for a slot in Dragon or Gruul ramp shells, though the lack of immediate board impact beyond its own stats limits it to specific X-spell synergy builds. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a creature that needs mana investment before it threatens anything. Oathbreaker follows the Commander logic closely, rewarding decks that can dump six or more mana into a single attacker.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Stormwing Entity and Sprite Dragon are cheaper threats with evasion, but neither scales the same way Shivan Devastator does with raw mana. If you want a closer analogue — a Dragon that rewards big mana without the sticker price — Moltensteel Dragon offers a flexible cost that punishes life totals instead of your land count, though it lacks the haste that makes Shivan Devastator so immediately threatening.

Price Context

Current price

$5.37 mid tier

At $5.37, Shivan Devastator sits comfortably in the mid tier — affordable enough to slot into most budgets without hesitation. It's a mythic rare with broad Commander appeal across X-spell, Dragon tribal, and big-mana strategies, so the price reflects steady demand rather than a spike.

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