Silumgar, the Drifting Death

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Silumgar, the Drifting Death: Legendary Creature - Dragon, Commander 2017. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{4}{U}{B}
Mana value
6
Type
Legendary Creature - Dragon
Colour identity
Blue and black (UB)
Power / toughness
3/7
Rarity
Rare
Set
Commander 2017 (C17)
Released
2017-08-25
Collector number
194
Artist
Steven Belledin
Commander rank
5,582 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying, Hexproof
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Silumgar, the Drifting Death is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue and black legendary creature from Commander 2017 (C17), a Commander product released in August 2017. It is collector number 194 in that set, with art by Steven Belledin. It costs {4}{U}{B} (four generic, one blue and one black mana) to cast, for a mana value of 6. It is a 3/7 creature. Its colour identity is blue and black. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Fate Reforged (2015) to The List (2020). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.62 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying, hexproof

Whenever a Dragon you control attacks, creatures defending player controls get -1/-1 until end of turn.

"No machinations, no puppet strings, no plots. Just pure, sweeping death." -Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.62 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Silumgar, the Drifting Death by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Silumgar, the Drifting Death has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
The List (PLST) #FRF-157Rare2024
Fate Reforged (FRF) #157Rare2015
Fate Reforged Promos (PFRF) #157sRare2015

Official rulings

One official ruling applies to Silumgar, the Drifting Death.

  • The creatures affected by Silumgar’s triggered ability are determined relative to the Dragon that attacked. For example, if Silumgar attacked one opponent and two other Dragons attacked another opponent, creatures controlled by the first opponent would get -1/-1 until end of turn and creatures controlled by the second opponent would get -2/-2 until end of turn.

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