Adult Gold Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying, lifelink, haste
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #11827
Adult Gold Dragon is a 5/4 flying, fire-breathing Dragon that deals damage equal to the mana you sink into it at the cost of six mana — splashy on board, but six mana for a beater with no immediate protection or ETB impact is a tough sell. It's a limited bomb that doesn't translate well to constructed.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Adult Gold Dragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them outside of casual tables. In Commander it fits thematically in Dragon tribal builds under commanders like The Ur-Dragon or Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm, but it's crowded out by Dragons that either cost less, hit harder on entry, or generate card advantage. In every 60-card format, six mana for a creature with no protection is just too slow — faster threats dominate before Adult Gold Dragon can swing twice.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't currently available for Adult Gold Dragon, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market price. Given its casual-only demand and lack of competitive play, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — worth picking up for a Dragon tribal deck, not worth hunting down otherwise.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.