Driver of the Dead
Driver of the Dead: Creature - Vampire, Double Masters. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {3}{B}
- Mana value
- 4
- Type
- Creature - Vampire
- Colour identity
- Black (B)
- Power / toughness
- 3/2
- Rarity
- Common
- Set
- Double Masters (2XM)
- Released
- 2020-08-07
- Collector number
- 90
- Artist
- James Ryman
- Commander rank
- 18,235 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
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About Driver of the Dead
Driver of the Dead is a Magic: The Gathering card, a common black creature from Double Masters (2XM), a Masters set released in August 2020. It is collector number 90 in that set, with art by James Ryman. It costs {3}{B} (three generic and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a 3/2 creature. Its colour identity is black. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Pauper Commander, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 6 sets, from Avacyn Restored (2012) to Foundations (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.20 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
When this creature dies, return target creature card with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
Some vampires resorted to corpse trading after cathars burned their estates and drove them from their ancestral feeding grounds.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.20 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Driver of the Dead by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Standard | Legal |
|---|---|
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Pauper | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Pauper Commander | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Standard Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Alchemy | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Driver of the Dead
Driver of the Dead has been printed in 6 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Foundations (FDN) #605 | Common | 2024 |
| The List (PLST) #CN2-133 | Common | 2019 |
| Conspiracy: Take the Crown (CN2) #133 | Common | 2016 |
| Duel Decks: Blessed vs. Cursed (DDQ) #56 | Common | 2016 |
| Avacyn Restored (AVR) #99 | Common | 2012 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Driver of the Dead, newest first.
- If Driver of the Dead dies at the same time as a creature with mana value 2 or less, you can target that card and return it to the battlefield.
- If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
- If a creature card with mana value 2 or less becomes a copy of Driver of the Dead and dies, it can be the target of its own ability.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a black colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
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