Ancient Brass Dragon
Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. When you do, put any number of target creature cards with total mana value X or less from graveyards onto the battlefield under your control, where X is the result.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Battle for Baldur's Gate Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #1646
Ancient Brass Dragon lands and immediately starts reanimating creatures from any graveyard — every combat step is a free recursion trigger as long as it connects. Seven mana is a real cost, but a 7/6 flying body that rebuilds your board or steals whatever your opponents have discarded earns that slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Ancient Brass Dragon directly onto the battlefield, skipping the casting cost entirely — and once it's attacking, the reanimation trigger turns every swing into a threat multiplier on top of Sivitri's existing Dragon toolbox.
Rivaz of the Claw
Rivaz of the Claw lets you cast Ancient Brass Dragon from exile and generates mana to help pay for it, then sits back while the Dragon refills the board by reanimating whatever Dragons have already hit the graveyard.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Ancient Brass Dragon's combat trigger rolls dice, and Mr. House, President and CEO rewards every die roll with Treasure tokens — connecting with the Dragon generates mana and reanimates a creature in the same attack step.
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
Henzie "Toolbox" Torre discounts large creatures with blitz, and Ancient Brass Dragon's reanimation trigger fires even when it attacks on the turn it enters — blitz it in, swing, get a free body, and replace it next turn.
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon reduces Dragon casting costs and draws a card whenever any Dragon attacks, so Ancient Brass Dragon contributes both a reanimation trigger and a free card every combat while fitting cleanly into the five-color Dragon pile.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Ancient Brass Dragon is a Commander card in practice — the reanimation trigger is built for a multiplayer game full of stocked graveyards, and the seven-mana cost is much easier to reach in a format with Sol Ring, Cultivate, and a hundred turns to play with. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with turn-one and turn-two win conditions, making a seven-mana Dragon a non-starter in any serious list. Oathbreaker is the one alternative format where Ancient Brass Dragon can occasionally show up, particularly in reanimator-adjacent builds that can reach seven mana and want a big recursive threat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
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Pricing data isn't available at the moment for Ancient Brass Dragon, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current figure. As a mythic rare with consistent demand across Dragon tribal and reanimator shells, it tends to hold value — but verify before buying.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Sivitri, Dragon Master
- Rivaz of the Claw
- Mr. House, President and CEO
- Henzie "Toolbox" Torre
- The Ur-Dragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.