A-Dragonborn Looter
HBG · common · Released 2022-08-11
Power
brawl
tier-2Strong staple9/19
commander
tier-2Strong staple9/19
Tier shown as baseline → best-case (in its ideal shell). The score (-8 to 19) is a rank signal derived from tier + kind + atoms; browse by it on the cards page.
Derived from the 7 atoms below.
over
above rate
incremental
minor value alone
modular
fits anywhere
scales
scales up
rigid
one mode
broad
broadly useful
fragile
easily answered
Commander Bracket
1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH
Archetypes
positive:
wheelsgraveyard-mattersself-mill
negative:
No active conflicts.
Roles
looterdiscard-outletrepeatable-card-draw
Risks
slow-setuponce-per-turn-restricted
Mechanics
—
Typal
synergy:
dragonrogue
anti:
—
Structural
activated-ability
Rationale
A-Dragonborn Looter is a 1cmc 1/2 that loots (draw then discard) for {1}{T} — a clean, repeatable discard outlet that enables graveyard and reanimator strategies in Brawl. It's commander-not-legal so its multiplayer bracket relevance is only at the casual end where such cheap looters see play. In limited it's solid filler; in Brawl it's a serviceable early looter but faces stiff competition from more impactful 1-drops.
Learnings (2)
A-Dragonborn Looter has the 'A-' prefix indicating it is an Arena-only digital rebalance of a paper card (Dragonborn Looter), making it legal in Brawl but not in paper Commander.
tagging · claude-sonnet-4-6
Despite being a Dragon creature type, it provides no inherent Dragon payoff itself — its tribal tag only matters for decks that care about Dragon synergies from other cards.
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