Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
Creature — Dragon // Instant — Adventure
Flying, trample
Whenever this creature attacks, create a Treasure token.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BR
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $1.65
- EDHREC rank
- #3049
Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste lands as a 4/4 flying trampler that immediately starts generating Treasure tokens and impulse draw — all on a single five-mana body that keeps paying you back every combat. The cost is real: five mana is a lot to ask before the engine starts, and the dragon dies to every common removal spell. Still, the floor is high enough that commanders like Rivaz of the Claw and Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's Second snap it up as a matter of course.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Rivaz of the Claw
Rivaz of the Claw lets you cast Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste for free by exiling a Dragon from your graveyard, turning a five-mana ask into a zero-mana threat — and if the Dragon dies, Rivaz puts it back so you can repeat the loop.
Prosper, Tome-Bound
Every Treasure Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste creates triggers Prosper, Tome-Bound's "create a Treasure when you cast a spell from exile" synergy engine, and the impulse draw feeds Prosper's exile-cast gameplan directly.
Don Andres, the Renegade
Don Andres, the Renegade cares about Treasures and opponent resource denial, so Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste doubles as a threat and a Treasure factory that fuels Don Andres's ability to leverage stolen or exile-cast cards.
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter
Nathan Drake, Treasure Hunter turns every Treasure Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste makes into a potential card advantage trigger, stacking the impulse draw on top of what Drake's own engine is already doing.
Fire Lord Zuko
Fire Lord Zuko wants bodies that produce resources while attacking, and Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste fits cleanly — a flying trampler that generates Treasures on combat damage is exactly the kind of self-sustaining threat Zuko wants swinging every turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste does the most work — the singleton format rewards value-dense threats that pay for themselves over multiple turns, and this dragon's Treasure-plus-impulse-draw loop is well-suited to the slower, grindier pace of 100-card games. In Pioneer and Standard the competition is stiffer: five mana for a creature with no immediate board protection is a steep ask when removal is cheap and efficient, so it sees play mainly in dedicated Dragon or Treasure strategies rather than as a generic slot. Modern and Legacy have the same problem amplified — the rate simply isn't competitive outside of niche tribal shells. Oathbreaker occupies a middle ground similar to Commander, where the value engine can shine given enough time to untap.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Jinnie Fay, Jetmir's SecondBreath of FuryDecadent Dragon // Expensive Taste
Infinite combat damage; Infinite combat phases; Infinite death triggers; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite sacrifice triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Current price
$1.65 cheap tier
At $1.65, Decadent Dragon // Expensive Taste sits firmly in the cheap tier — you're getting a lot of card for the price, and the combination of a relevant creature type, Treasure generation, and impulse draw keeps demand steady across multiple archetypes. It won't spike dramatically, but it's unlikely to fall much lower given how broadly it fits into Rakdos, Grixis, and Dragon-tribal Commander lists.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.