Slaughter Drone
Creature — Eldrazi Drone
Devoid (This card has no color.)
: This creature gains deathtouch until end of turn. (Any amount of damage it deals to a creature is enough to destroy it. represents colorless mana.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Oath of the Gatewatch
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #26121
Slaughter Drone is a 2/2 Eldrazi Drone for two mana with devoid and the ability to gain deathtouch until end of turn for one colorless mana — cheap to deploy, relevant in combat, and it asks almost nothing from your mana base. It's a functional role-player in Eldrazi-tribal shells and little else.
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 |
In Commander, Slaughter Drone earns a slot only in dedicated Eldrazi-tribal or devoid builds where the colorless synergies — Eldrazi Mimic triggers, Wasteland Strangler processors, pay-off cards that care about colorless creatures — make the tribal tag worth more than the card's modest stats. In Pauper, a 2/2 deathtouch outlet at common is at least playable in aggressive colorless or Eldrazi lists, though the competition at that slot is stiff. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Slaughter Drone doesn't clear the bar — better Eldrazi options exist at every point on the curve, and no competitive shell wants this over a more impactful two-drop.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Slaughter Drone is pure bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than order individually. It won't appreciate; this is a fill-a-slot purchase for someone finishing an Eldrazi-tribal Commander list on a tight budget.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.