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Earthquake Dragon

Creature — Elemental Dragon

This spell costs {X} less to cast, where X is the total mana value of Dragons you control.
Flying, trample
{2}{G}, Sacrifice a land: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.

CMC
15
Mana cost
{14}{G}
Color identity
G
Rarity
rare
Set
Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
Price
$4.28
EDHREC rank
#3172
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Earthquake Dragon card art
Earthquake Dragon hits the board as a massive flying trampler that costs less for every Mountain you control, and its enters-the-battlefield trigger lets you pitch it from hand to deal damage equal to its power directly — making it a threat whether you cast it or discard it. Brinelin, the Moon Kraken runs a similar cost-reduction trick, but Earthquake Dragon pairs most naturally with Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut, where the Treasure tokens Ganax generates both fuel the Dragon's cost and accelerate the rest of your board. The verdict: run it in any red Dragon deck that can reliably hit seven or more Mountains.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ganax, Astral HunterAcolyte of Bahamut

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut

56.3% of decks · synergy 0.54

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut generates a Treasure every time a Dragon enters the battlefield, which means Earthquake Dragon's own entry triggers more Treasure — and those Treasures in turn shave mana off the next Dragon you cast, creating a self-reinforcing loop that makes the whole deck faster.

02
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

50.5% of decks · synergy 0.44

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm copies every nontoken Dragon that enters, so Earthquake Dragon's enters-the-battlefield damage trigger fires twice — once for the original, once for the token — turning a single cast into a potential double burn event.

03
Atarka, World Render

Atarka, World Render

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.35

Atarka, World Render gives all your Dragons double strike when they attack, meaning Earthquake Dragon's already-large power hits twice in combat and closes games faster than most other finishers in the color pair.

04
Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient

31.1% of decks · synergy 0.29

Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient produces mana equal to the total power of attacking creatures, and Earthquake Dragon's high base power means a single attack with both on board can generate enough mana to hard-cast another Dragon the same turn.

05
The Ur-Dragon

The Ur-Dragon

14.7% of decks · synergy 0.13

The Ur-Dragon reduces the cost of every Dragon you cast, which stacks with Earthquake Dragon's own Mountain-count reduction and frequently makes it free or near-free in the mid-game.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Earthquake Dragon is a Commander card through and through — the Mountain-count cost reduction scales with the kind of dedicated mono-red or Gruul Dragon mana base that only makes sense across a 99-card singleton game, and the political texture of multiplayer gives its damage trigger real reach. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but competes with formats that end on turn one or two, where a seven-plus-mana Dragon has no business being on the table. Oathbreaker is the one other format where Earthquake Dragon could occasionally appear, specifically in a red Planeswalker shell that goes wide with Mountains, but the smaller deck size undercuts the cost-reduction ceiling. Stay in Commander.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$4.28 cheap tier

At $4.28, Earthquake Dragon sits in the budget-rare tier — cheap enough to include in any Dragon pile without hesitation and unlikely to spike given its single-format relevance. It's a solid pickup at current price; just don't expect meaningful appreciation given how format-locked its value is.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.