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Day of the Dragons

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, exile all creatures you control. Then create that many 5/5 red Dragon creature tokens with flying.
When this enchantment leaves the battlefield, sacrifice all Dragons you control. Then return the exiled cards to the battlefield under your control.

CMC
7
Mana cost
{4}{U}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander 2015
Price
$0.20
EDHREC rank
#16522
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Day of the Dragons card art
Day of the Dragons converts your entire creature board into 5/5 flying Dragons, then refunds the original creatures when it leaves — the effect is enormous but the seven-mana cost means it arrives late and dies to any enchantment removal before it pays off. Unlike Opalescence, which creates a symmetrical and fragile board state, this is a one-sided swing that doubles as a pseudo-protection layer for the creatures it exiles.

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

Day of the Dragons is a Commander card — full stop. Its seven-mana cost and win-more dynamic fit the slower, multiplayer pacing of EDH, where you have time to build a creature board worth converting and opponents to punish with a sudden wave of 5/5 flyers. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but never played; the formats move too fast for a seven-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it arrives and folds to a Force of Will or Swords to Plowshares. Oathbreaker is a possible home if your signature spell or planeswalker supports a go-wide Dragon gameplan, but the 20-life format compresses game length enough that seven mana is a steep ask.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.20 bulk tier

At $0.20, Day of the Dragons sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it easy to pick up as a casual Commander inclusion without any financial consideration. Bulk enchantments at this price rarely climb unless they find a breakout combo or see a reprint spike in demand — nothing on the horizon suggests either for this one.

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