Is Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus good in Commander?

Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror

Reach
At the beginning of each combat, double the power and toughness of each creature you control until end of turn.
, Sacrifice two other creatures: Put an indestructible counter on Zopandrel. ( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

CMC: 7
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: mythic
Set: Phyrexia: All Will Be One
Price: —
EDHREC rank: #1141

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Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus doubles the power and toughness of every creature you control at the start of combat — on a body that regenerates itself by sacrificing two creatures and comes with indestructible already attached. The mana cost is steep at six, but shells like The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride that already churn through creatures and Agatha's Soul Cauldron that want activated abilities on big bodies make the investment pay off fast.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride

36.8% of decks · synergy 0.35

The Gitrog, Ravenous Ride turns its own Saddling requirement into a power-doubling trigger — attach Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus to any combat step and the creature doing the Saddling enters combat already doubled before the frog even connects.

Kona, Rescue Beastie

45.5% of decks · synergy 0.33

Kona, Rescue Beastie cheats large creatures into play from the top of the library, and Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus is exactly the payoff that makes a board of free creatures immediately lethal — one combat step with the Dominus in play converts a wide board into a one-hit kill.

Nikya of the Old Ways

40.0% of decks · synergy 0.32

Nikya of the Old Ways floods the board with creature-generated mana and runs zero noncreature spells, so Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus slots in as the finisher that turns every creature Nikya already pumped out into a two-shot threat.

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole

38.7% of decks · synergy 0.31

Anzrag, the Quake-Mole forces opponents to block everything or trigger a second combat, and Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus doubles every attacker's power before either combat step resolves — opponents are guaranteed to take lethal somewhere in that sequence.

Tifa, Martial Artist

32.3% of decks · synergy 0.30

Tifa, Martial Artist scales off the highest power on the board, so Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus doubling her own power or a key attacker's directly inflates every subsequent Tifa trigger for the rest of combat.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus actually lives — the effect is too slow and too expensive for any format that punishes a six-mana do-nothing-until-combat card, and creature-doubling is mostly irrelevant in Legacy or Vintage where the game is over before a combat step with a doubled board matters. Modern and Pioneer are theoretically legal but offer no practical home; no competitive creature strategy in those formats wants to spend six mana on a static doubler when cheaper lords and Craterhoof Behemoth effects exist. In Commander, the indestructible body and the self-regeneration clause make Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus resilient enough to actually stick, and multiplayer combat math means doubling six creatures at once regularly ends games on the spot.

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