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Bladewing the Risen

Legendary Creature — Zombie Dragon

Flying
When Bladewing enters, you may return target Dragon permanent card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
{B}{R}: Dragon creatures get +1/+1 until end of turn.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{3}{B}{B}{R}{R}
Color identity
BR
Rarity
uncommon
Set
The List
Price
$2.20
EDHREC rank
#3528
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Bladewing the Risen card art
Bladewing the Risen enters the battlefield and immediately reanimates any Dragon from your graveyard — seven mana is steep, but you're getting a 4/4 flier and a free recursion trigger stapled together. In Rivaz of the Claw decks it's nearly auto-include, and Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm makes the deal obscene by copying the enters trigger and doubling the body.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Rivaz of the Claw

Rivaz of the Claw

85.0% of decks · synergy 0.83

Rivaz of the Claw can hard-cast Bladewing the Risen for free by exiling a Dragon from the graveyard, then untap Rivaz to do it again — the two cards form a self-sustaining recursion engine that Rivaz lists run at an 85% clip for good reason.

02
The Ur-Dragon

The Ur-Dragon

35.1% of decks · synergy 0.31

The Ur-Dragon reduces Bladewing the Risen's cost by one and triggers its own ability on entry, so Bladewing's reanimation effect arrives on a discounted body inside a shell that already wants the graveyard full of expensive Dragons.

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 Bladewing the Risen lives — the graveyard recursion synergizes with Dragon-heavy builds, and the self-contained value makes it a legitimate commander or a high-impact piece in the 99. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but seven mana for a creature with no protection is too slow for either format's tempo demands. Outside of Commander, treat it as a casual card that doesn't translate competitively.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$2.20 cheap tier

At $2.20, Bladewing the Risen sits firmly in the budget tier — easy to slot into any Dragon deck without a second thought. Supply is healthy enough that the price is stable; run it for the effect, not as a financial hold.

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