Dragon Turtle
Creature — Dragon Turtle
Flash
Drag Below — When this creature enters, tap it and up to one target creature an opponent controls. They don't untap during their controllers' next untap steps.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #10935
Dragon Turtle enters tapped and taps up to two target creatures — that's a three-body tempo swing on a single card. At three mana for a 3/5 with ward 1, the rate is real, and Sivitri, Dragon Master can tutor it directly into play.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors any Dragon directly onto the battlefield, which means Dragon Turtle enters mid-combat or at end of turn and immediately locks down two blockers or attackers without paying the casting cost.
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic
Archelos, Lagoon Mystic rewards you for having permanents enter tapped, and Dragon Turtle supplies two tapped creatures on your opponents' side of the board — stacking neatly with the tap-matters theme Archelos decks are already built around.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dragon Turtle is almost exclusively a Commander card — the tap-two-creatures effect is far too slow and situational to compete in Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where three mana buys threats that end games rather than stall them. In Commander, the multiplayer math changes the calculus: tapping two blockers across two different opponents is a meaningful tempo play, and a 3/5 ward 1 body survives a surprising amount of incidental damage. Dragon Turtle earns its slot in Dragon-tribal shells where Sivitri can fetch it for free, and in slow-and-steady control or tap-matters builds where every tapped permanent has additional upside.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Dragon Turtle is firmly bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. Bulk Dragon staples rarely spike unless a new pushed tribal commander pushes demand, so expect the price to stay flat.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.