Dragonscale General
Creature — Human Warrior
At the beginning of your end step, bolster X, where X is the number of tapped creatures you control. (Choose a creature with the least toughness among creatures you control and put X +1/+1 counters on it.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Fate Reforged Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #17019
Dragonscale General turns every attacking creature into a +1/+1 counter engine — if you can keep combat steps frequent and creatures surviving them, it snowballs fast. The four-mana cost is the only real friction; the payoff is legitimate.
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 |
Dragonscale General is a Commander card through and through — the four-mana investment only pays off across multiple turns of combat, which is exactly the environment Commander provides. In Modern or Legacy, it's too slow and too conditional; no competitive aggro shell wants a four-drop that does nothing the turn it enters. Pioneer has the same problem. Commander is where the trigger actually matters: go-wide token strategies and attack-trigger commanders give Dragonscale General a board full of creatures to distribute counters across, and the cumulative effect over a long game is substantial.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Dragonscale General isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest. Given its narrow Commander-specific application, it typically sits in the budget-to-mid range — worth picking up if it fits your gameplan, unlikely to break a budget.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.