Dragons · Commander / EDH

Dragon Commander Decks

Flying fatties in every colour combination. The archetype's actual constraint is cost: a table of five-and-six-drops needs a genuinely absurd mana base to function before turn eight.

427legal dragons
136can lead a deck
144cards that name dragons
$0.37median card price

Ready-built list

Dragon Tribal — Ramp Into the Sky

Ramp aggressively in the early turns to drop massive dragons ahead of curve, cloning them with Miirym while using cheap counterspells and protective spells to maintain total control of the board.

100 cards$243.43 totallegality-checked
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Commanders that care about dragons

Legendary dragons whose rules text actually names the creature type — these reward building around the tribe, rather than just belonging to it. Ordered by current market price, which is the closest thing to a popularity signal we can honestly compute.

The Ur-Dragon art

Art by Jaime Jones

The Ur-Dragon

Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar

4WUBRG$36.95
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Ureni of the Unwritten art

Art by Valera Lutfullina

Ureni of the Unwritten

Legendary Creature — Spirit Dragon

4GUR$19.49
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Tiamat art

Art by Chris Rahn

Tiamat

Legendary Creature — Dragon God

2WUBRG$19.12
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Balefang the Unslayable art

Art by Even Amundsen

Balefang the Unslayable

Legendary Creature — Demon Dragon

3RR$10.04
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Scion of the Ur-Dragon art

Art by Jim Murray

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Legendary Creature — Dragon Avatar

WUBRG$6.85
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Firkraag, Cunning Instigator art

Art by Andrew Mar

Firkraag, Cunning Instigator

Legendary Creature — Dragon

3UR$6.22
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Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund art

Art by Dave Kendall

Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund

Legendary Creature — Dragon

4BRG$5.12
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Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm art

Art by Kekai Kotaki

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

Legendary Creature — Dragon Spirit

3GUR$4.68
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Ganax, Astral Hunter art

Art by Aaron Miller

Ganax, Astral Hunter

Legendary Creature — Dragon

4R$4.49
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The dragon support package

Cards that are not dragons themselves but name them in their rules text — the lords, anthems, tutors and payoffs that turn a pile of creatures into a deck. 144 of them are legal in Commander.

Sarkhan Unbroken

Sarkhan Unbroken

2GUR

Legendary Planeswalker — Sarkhan

Kaalia, Zenith Seeker

Kaalia, Zenith Seeker

RWB

Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

Mox Jasper

Mox Jasper

0

Legendary Artifact

Dracogenesis

Dracogenesis

6RR

Enchantment

Zirilan of the Claw

Zirilan of the Claw

3RR

Legendary Creature — Lizard Shaman

Dragon's Smile

Dragon's Smile

5RR

Legendary Artifact — Vehicle

Sivitri, Dragon Master

Sivitri, Dragon Master

2UB

Legendary Planeswalker — Sivitri

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

Mishra, Claimed by Gix

2BR

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Human Artificer

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

Magda, Brazen Outlaw

1R

Legendary Creature — Dwarf Berserker

There and Back Again

There and Back Again

3RR

Enchantment — Saga

Where dragons live

Color identity of every legal dragon in the format. This is what decides your commander's colors before you pick a single card.

R Red170 (39%)
U Blue37 (8%)
G Green26 (6%)
B Black24 (5%)
W White23 (5%)
R,U Red/Blue16 (3%)

Under a dollar

Playable dragons currently under $1 — the cheap end of the pool, priced from the least expensive real printing.

Furyborn Hellkite

Furyborn Hellkite

4RRR

Creature — Dragon

Spinerock Tyrant

Spinerock Tyrant

3RR

Creature — Dragon

North Wind Avatar

North Wind Avatar

2UUR

Creature — Dragon Spirit Avatar

Crimson Hellkite

Crimson Hellkite

6RRR

Creature — Dragon

Caldera Pyremaw

Caldera Pyremaw

3RR

Creature — Dragon

Shivan Devastator

Shivan Devastator

XR

Creature — Dragon Hydra

Firestorm Hellkite

Firestorm Hellkite

4UR

Creature — Dragon

Hellkite Charger

Hellkite Charger

4RR

Creature — Dragon

Two-Headed Dragon

Two-Headed Dragon

4RR

Creature — Dragon

Leyline Tyrant

Leyline Tyrant

2RR

Creature — Dragon

Scalelord Reckoner

Scalelord Reckoner

3WW

Creature — Dragon

Kilnmouth Dragon

Kilnmouth Dragon

5RR

Creature — Dragon

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