Is Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest good in Commander?

Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest

Legendary Creature — Bird Dragon

Flying
Whenever Dragonhawk enters or attacks, exile the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of creatures you control with power 4 or greater. You may play those cards until your next end step. At the beginning of your next end step, Dragonhawk deals 2 damage to each opponent for each of those cards that are still exiled.

CMC: 5
Mana cost
Color identity: R
Rarity: mythic
Set: Bloomburrow Promos
Price: —
EDHREC rank: #2275

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Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest gives every Dragon you cast a free loot effect, turning a tribal beatdown deck into a card-advantage engine that refuels as it attacks. Orthion, Hero of Lavabrink and Fire Lord Zuko both run it as a matter of course — the cost of adding it is trivial, and the card selection it generates over a long game is not.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Fire Lord Zuko

28.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

Fire Lord Zuko's token-generation rewards you for casting Dragons repeatedly, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest ensures every one of those casts replaces itself, keeping the hand stocked for the next wave.

Rivaz of the Claw

27.1% of decks · synergy 0.26

Rivaz of the Claw recurs Dragons from the graveyard, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest turns each of those recasts into a loot — you're cycling through the deck while Rivaz fills the graveyard back up.

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

28.2% of decks · synergy 0.25

Lathliss, Dragon Queen floods the board whenever a Dragon enters, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest makes sure you never run dry by drawing and discarding on each of those triggers.

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

27.5% of decks · synergy 0.25

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient generates enormous amounts of mana off combat, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest channels that into card selection — loot on the way in, spend the mana on the way out.

Ureni of the Unwritten

25.7% of decks · synergy 0.21

Ureni of the Unwritten cares about filling the graveyard and casting from it, and Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest accelerates both halves by looting on every Dragon cast to load the yard and find the next threat.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

Format	Verdict
commander	legal
legacy	legal
modern	legal
pioneer	legal
standard	legal
vintage	legal
pauper	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest earns its keep — Dragon tribal is one of the most-built archetypes in the format, and consistent card selection is exactly what those decks lack in the mid-to-late game. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, the looting effect is too slow and too incidental to matter; Dragon tribal has no meaningful presence there, and a 3/3 flier for four mana doesn't clear the rate threshold on its own. Legacy and Vintage are similar non-starters — the raw power bar is just too high. Standard legality is a footnote unless a Dragon-heavy environment exists at the time. Stick to Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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