Dragon Tyrant
Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample
Double strike (This creature deals both first-strike and regular combat damage.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 
.: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 10
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $1.46
- EDHREC rank
- #19951
Dragon Tyrant hits the table as a 6/6 flying, trample, double strike machine that demands an immediate answer or ends games in two attacks. The cost — eight mana plus a mandatory two-red upkeep each turn — is real, but in Commander that math is manageable if you're winning fast enough to matter.
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 |
Commander is the only format where Dragon Tyrant is genuinely viable, and even there it earns its slot narrowly. Eight mana is reachable in big-mana dragon builds, and the upkeep cost becomes irrelevant the turn you swing for lethal. Legacy and Vintage allow it legally, but eight mana for a creature with no protection is unplayable in either format — you'll never untap with it. Dragon Tyrant is a Commander-only proposition.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$1.46 cheap tier
At $1.46, Dragon Tyrant sits at a price that asks nothing of your budget. It won't climb — supply is ample and demand is niche — but you're not buying it for the spec, you're buying it for double strike and flying on a dragon chassis for under two dollars.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.