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Astral Dragon

Creature — Dragon

Flying
Project Image — When this creature enters, create two tokens that are copies of target noncreature permanent, except they're 3/3 Dragon creatures in addition to their other types, and they have flying.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{6}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$20.29
EDHREC rank
#2442
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Astral Dragon card art
Astral Dragon enters and creates two token copies of any noncreature permanent you control — hitting something like Cursed Mirror means two fresh enters-the-battlefield triggers on a 4/4 body for eight mana. It's expensive, but the raw doubling effect is powerful enough that Sivitri, Dragon Master lists run it at a nearly 65% clip.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Sivitri, Dragon Master

Sivitri, Dragon Master

64.7% of decks · synergy 0.63

Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Astral Dragon directly onto the battlefield, sidestepping the eight-mana cost entirely and making the dragon a reliable engine piece rather than a late-game bomb.

02
Y'shtola Rhul

Y'shtola Rhul

52.7% of decks · synergy 0.51

Y'shtola Rhul rewards stacking powerful, high-cost spells, and Astral Dragon's ability to clone key enchantments or artifacts the turn it lands fits cleanly into that value-accumulation game plan.

04
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

44.1% of decks · synergy 0.38

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm already makes a token copy of every dragon that enters, meaning Astral Dragon triggers Miirym and then its two permanent tokens can themselves be copied if they're dragons — the ceiling on that board state is enormous.

05
Círdan the Shipwright

Círdan the Shipwright

28.0% of decks · synergy 0.27

Círdan the Shipwright leans on artifact synergies, and Astral Dragon copying key artifacts like mana rocks or combo pieces gives the deck a redundancy tool that blue-heavy control builds are happy to have at any point in the late game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Astral Dragon belongs — singleton construction means doubling a key permanent is often backbreaking, and the format's slower pace lets you reach eight mana without falling behind. Legacy and Vintage are technically legal, but eight mana is a non-starter against those formats' interaction density and speed; no competitive list will touch it. Oathbreaker shares Commander's multiplayer DNA and could support Astral Dragon in the right shell, though the format's lower life totals and faster games make the cost harder to justify.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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Astral DragonMachine God's Effigy

Astral DragonMachine God's Effigy

Infinite blue mana; Infinite creature token copies of all noncreature permanents; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite ETB; Infinite noncreature artifact token copies of all creatures

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Budget Alternatives

Cheaper options that do most of the same work

Strionic Resonator copies triggered abilities for two mana and can mimic a portion of what Astral Dragon does at a fraction of the price, though it requires a trigger already on the stack rather than generating value on entry. Spark Double and Irenicus's Vile Duplication both clone permanents in the same color space for four to five mana — you lose the dragon type and the body size, but you spend roughly a quarter of the price and can deploy the effect several turns earlier.

Price Context

Current price

$20.29 premium tier

At $20.29, Astral Dragon sits firmly in premium single territory — you're paying for a unique permanent-doubling effect that no cheaper card replicates cleanly. The price is justified for dedicated dragon or copy-effect builds, but it's a hard sell for casual piles that only occasionally have a target worth doubling.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.