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Drogskol Reaver

Creature — Spirit5 generic manaWhite manaBlue mana

The engineering trick is the stack of lifelink and double strike on the same body: double strike creates two damage events, so a single connection draws two cards, not one, because the first-strike damage and the regular damage each fire the gain-life clause separately. That loop is the reason the conditional ("whenever you gain life, draw a card") matters far more than the raw 3/5 flying frame suggests. Any incidental lifegain in the deck (a spare lifelinker, a Soul Warden trigger, a stray drain) becomes a cantrip, but the creature is its own engine: a clean swing converts six life and two cards every turn it stays unanswered. The 3/5 evasive body does the unglamorous work, surviving the small ground removal and chip blocks that would otherwise interrupt the gain-draw chain before it pays off. White-blue spirits have always leaned toward control and stall, and this is the payoff that turns the stall into a closed loop: protect it, connect once, and the cards stop being a question. The whole design rests on one stacking interaction most players underrate the first time they read it, and the reward goes to anyone who clocks that double strike is a lifegain multiplier before it is a damage multiplier.

Drogskol Reaver (dka)
DKA · #137mythic
Pricing
Normal: $2.27
Foil: $17.87
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Whenever you gain life, draw a card.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
Legal
Pioneer
Legal
Modern
Legal
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
Legal
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
Legal
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
Legal
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
Legal
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
Printings elsewhere

Other printings

3 sets
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