The Lady of Otaria
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You may tap three untapped Dwarves you control rather than pay this spell's mana cost.
At the beginning of each end step, if a land you controlled was put into a graveyard from the battlefield this turn, reveal the top four cards of your library. You may put any number of Dwarf cards from among them into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in a random order.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GR
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United Commander
- Price
- $0.32
- EDHREC rank
- #23565
The Lady of Otaria turns every white or black creature you control into a lord, pumping the whole board by +1/+1 for a four-mana investment with no additional activation cost. That's a permanently live anthem on a creature body, and any deck that goes wide in those colors wants it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where The Lady of Otaria earns her slot — white and black token strategies and tribal go-wide shells consistently want a static anthem that doesn't ask for mana each turn. Legacy and Vintage both permit her, but neither format has a meaningful home for a four-mana 3/3 that doesn't generate immediate card advantage or tempo. She's absent from Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely, so the conversation begins and ends at Commander and Oathbreaker, where the power floor for a passive lord is high enough to matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.32 bulk tier
At $0.32, The Lady of Otaria sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pick up in a trade binder without thinking twice. Bulk rares rarely climb unless a breakout Commander deck pushes demand, so treat this as a cheap pickup for immediate play value, not a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.