Dragonlord Ojutai
Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon
Flying
Dragonlord Ojutai has hexproof as long as it's untapped.
Whenever Dragonlord Ojutai deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of your library. Put one of them into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Secret Lair Countdown
- Price
- $2.56
- EDHREC rank
- #6674
Dragonlord Ojutai lands as a 5/4 flying hexproof threat that draws a card every time it connects — evasion, protection, and card advantage stapled to one body. The cost is five mana and the requirement to keep it untapped; tap it down and the hexproof vanishes, making it a removal target the moment you pass priority carelessly. In any shell that can keep it swinging safely, especially Kamiz, Obscura Oculus where connive enables extra triggers, it earns its slot immediately.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
Kamiz, Obscura Oculus turns Dragonlord Ojutai into a reliable two-card draw engine per combat — Kamiz makes the first attacker unblockable, Ojutai connects and draws, then Kamiz's second trigger connives the card draw even further up the value chain.
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon already wants the biggest, most impactful Dragons it can find, and Dragonlord Ojutai delivers evasion plus repeatable draw in a shell that generates enough mana to keep it untapped and protected.
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 |
Commander is where Dragonlord Ojutai does its best work — a five-mana threat that replaces itself every attack is exactly what midrange control decks want, and the Azorius color identity fits comfortably into a wide range of builds. In Pioneer and Modern it faces a harsher reality: five mana is a lot to invest in a creature that dies to Fatal Push or Path to Exile with its hexproof stripped, and dedicated control decks there typically prefer cheaper, more interactive threats. Legacy and Vintage are too fast for a five-drop that doesn't win on the spot. Dragonlord Ojutai is, practically speaking, a Commander card — legal elsewhere, but built for a format where board states develop slowly enough for it to get multiple attacks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.56 cheap tier
At $2.56, Dragonlord Ojutai sits firmly in budget territory for the impact it provides — a five-mana hexproof Dragon with built-in card draw would cost several times more if printed today. Demand is steady enough from Commander play that the price is unlikely to crater further, but don't expect it to climb either; multiple printings have kept supply healthy.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kamiz, Obscura Oculus
- The Ur-Dragon
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.