Bogardan Dragonheart
Creature — Human Shaman
Sacrifice another creature: Until end of turn, this creature becomes a Dragon with base power and toughness 4/4, flying, and haste.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #20440
Bogardan Dragonheart is a two-mana 1/2 that becomes a 4/4 flying dragon token when it dies — the payoff is real, but it requires a Dragon card in hand to sacrifice as fuel, which makes it conditional enough to cut from most lists. Run it when you can reliably feed it; otherwise it's just a 1/2.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Bogardan Dragonheart fits narrowest in Dragon-tribal decks that regularly flood their hand with Dragon cards and want redundant sac-for-value pieces — outside that context, the activation cost is too unreliable to justify the slot. In Pauper, a 4/4 flying token at common is genuinely above rate, and the format's slower clock gives you more time to hold a Dragon in hand, so it sees occasional play in sacrifice-themed shells. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a two-mana 1/2 that needs setup to do anything, and Bogardan Dragonheart won't show up in serious lists there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — fine in Dragon-dense builds, invisible elsewhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Bogardan Dragonheart is deep bulk — buy a dozen for the price of a pack repack. Don't expect that to change; the card's narrow activation condition keeps demand low and the floor is already the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.