Dragon Whisperer
Creature — Human Shaman
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Formidable — 
: Create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying. Activate only if creatures you control have total power 8 or greater.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.84
- EDHREC rank
- #19399
Dragon Whisperer is a mana sink that scales — dump enough mana into it and you're making 4/4 flying Dragons every turn while your board becomes increasingly resistant to damage-based removal. The cost is that both abilities require significant red mana investment each activation, making it a late-game engine rather than an early threat.
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 |
In Commander, Dragon Whisperer earns its slot specifically in Dragon tribal decks — the token generation is slow enough that it needs a supporting cast of Dragon payoffs to justify the mana investment, but in that shell it becomes a legitimate late-game mana sink that wins long games. In Pioneer and Modern, Dragon Whisperer struggles to compete; four mana for a 2/2 that needs several more mana per activation before it does anything is far too slow against the tempo of those formats. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem compounded — there's no world where Dragon Whisperer is the best use of your resources when the format answers it for free before it activates. Commander is where Dragon Whisperer actually lives.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.84 bulk tier
At $0.84, Dragon Whisperer sits comfortably in bulk territory — easy to pick up as a role-player for any Dragon tribal Commander build without budget concern. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a pushed new Dragon commander spikes interest in the tribe.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.