Draconian Cylix
Artifact
, 
, Discard a card at random: Regenerate target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fallen Empires
- Price
- $0.84
- EDHREC rank
- #28967
Draconian Cylix makes every opponent discard a card on your upkeep — repeating, symmetry-free group discard stapled to a two-mana artifact. The cost is that it hits your hand too, so you need to be emptying your hand faster than your opponents or running a hellbent-style payoff to make it hurt asymmetrically.
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 |
In Commander, Draconian Cylix is a slow-burn discard engine that compounds across four players — each upkeep strips a card from three opponents simultaneously, which adds up fast in a 40-life format where games go long. It fits best in discard-matters builds that either don't care about their own hand or have ways to empty it before upkeep triggers. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal homes, but the speed of those formats makes a two-mana, once-per-turn discard piece far too slow to matter. Oathbreaker gets the same Commander-style read at a compressed game length — still playable in dedicated discard shells there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.84 bulk tier
At $0.84, Draconian Cylix sits in bulk territory — cheap enough to slot in speculatively and cut without regret. It's a niche card with a narrow home, so don't expect the price to move unless a prominent discard commander drives demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.