Cloud Dragon
Creature — Illusion Dragon
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $2.25
- EDHREC rank
- #29402
Cloud Dragon is a 4/3 flyer for five mana with a pump ability that requires tapping other blue creatures — a middling stat line with an activated ability that asks more than it gives. The opportunity cost of tapping your blue creatures to grow a single attacker is too high; this slot wants a threat that closes games on its own.
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 |
Cloud Dragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a five-mana 4/3 flyer with no enters-the-battlefield effect and a tap-your-team pump ability competes against dragons that generate card advantage, board presence, or combo potential — Cloud Dragon does none of that. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana creature this fragile and fair. Oathbreaker offers the same verdict as Commander: the card doesn't generate enough value to justify the slot.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$2.25 cheap tier
At $2.25, Cloud Dragon sits in cheap territory, but the price reflects novelty and age rather than competitive demand. It won't hold value long-term because there is no meaningful format pulling copies off the market.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.