Dragon's Approach
Sorcery
Dragon's Approach deals 3 damage to each opponent. You may exile Dragon's Approach and four cards named Dragon's Approach from your graveyard. If you do, search your library for a Dragon creature card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
A deck can have any number of cards named Dragon's Approach.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $2.36
- EDHREC rank
- #8828
Dragon's Approach lets you run four copies in Commander — a format with no duplicates — by tutoring any Dragon directly from your deck every time you cast it, which is the entire point. The cost is building around a card that does nothing alone: you need critical mass, the right commander, and usually a payoff like Worldfire or Niv-Mizzet, Visionary to close the game.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary draws a card whenever you cast a multicolored spell, and Dragon's Approach chains let you cycle through your deck while assembling a Dragon tutor package — the draw trigger fires on each cast, accelerating toward your real threats.
Neheb, the Eternal
Dragon's Approach deals 3 damage before it tutors, and Neheb, the Eternal converts that postcombat damage directly into mana — chain a few copies and you're floating enough red to deploy whatever Dragon you just searched up in the same turn.
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus
Solphim, Mayhem Dominus doubles noncombat damage from your spells, turning each Dragon's Approach into 6 damage before the tutor clause even resolves — in a burn-heavy shell, that accumulates fast enough to close games without ever swinging in.
Galazeth Prismari
Galazeth Prismari lets your artifact tokens tap for mana, and Dragon's Approach tutors Dragons that make Treasure — the loop funds itself over time, with each Dragon fetched potentially generating the mana to cast the next Dragon's Approach in hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Dragon's Approach actually belongs: the four-copy exemption transforms a singleton format's biggest restriction into the card's core identity. In Pauper it's a legitimate combo enabler at common, and the damage clause can close games faster than the format's removal-light environment expects. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have access to more efficient tutors and faster clocks, so Dragon's Approach rarely competes there outside niche Dragon-tribal builds. Pioneer is the format where it has the most untested potential — the tutor density is real, and the format's Dragon options are playable — but it hasn't broken through yet.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
WorldfireHypersonic DragonDragon's Approach
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss; Mass Land Denial
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Najal, the Storm RunnerWorldfireDragon's Approach
Each opponent loses the game; Exile all cards in hands and graveyards; Exile all permanents; Near-infinite lifeloss; Mass Land Denial
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Spellweaver HelixDragon's ApproachCoveted Prize
Cast every Dragon's Approach in your library and hand without paying their mana costs; Near-infinite damage; Near-infinite magecraft triggers; Near-infinite storm count
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Current price
$2.36 cheap tier
At $2.36, Dragon's Approach sits in the cheap tier but carries a premium for a common — you're paying for the four-copy Commander loophole, which is genuinely rare design. The price is stable: it has enough dedicated Commander homes to hold a floor, but no spike risk unless a broken new Dragon hits.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.