Treasure Dredger
Creature — Human Rogue
, 
, Pay 1 life: Create a Treasure token. (It's an artifact with ", Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #10017
Treasure Dredger turns every Treasure you crack into a potential card advantage engine, triggering whenever a nontoken artifact hits your graveyard from the battlefield to let you exile and eventually cast it for free. In Vihaan, Goldwaker shells where Treasures are being spent constantly, this card converts attrition into card stock — and a two-mana investment is exactly what that engine costs.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Vihaan, Goldwaker
Vihaan, Goldwaker animates Treasures into attackers, which means you're spending them in combat and in your main phase at a high rate — Treasure Dredger sits behind that flow and recycles the artifacts those Treasures replaced, turning a go-wide aggressive plan into one that also refuels.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Treasure Dredger is legal in every major constructed format but hasn't found a home outside Commander, where the 100-card singleton structure rewards incremental value engines over multiple turns. In competitive 60-card formats, the payoff is too slow — you need Treasures already entering your graveyard at volume, and the card doesn't generate that condition itself. Commander is where Treasure Dredger actually functions: artifact-heavy or Treasure-focused decks give it consistent triggers, and the free cast clause can convert the right nontoken artifact into a swing-turning play mid-game.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Treasure Dredger is deep bulk — pick it up without a second thought if you're building any Treasure-centric Commander deck. Bulk rares with narrow synergy don't tend to climb unless a new commander pushes the archetype, so treat this as a cheap slot-filler, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.