Is Encroaching Dragonstorm good in Commander?

Encroaching Dragonstorm

Enchantment

When this enchantment enters, search your library for up to two basic land cards, put them onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle.
When a Dragon you control enters, return this enchantment to its owner's hand.

CMC: 4
Mana cost
Color identity: G
Rarity: uncommon
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm
Price: $0.19
EDHREC rank: #2689

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Encroaching Dragonstorm puts a Dragon token into play every time a land enters under your control, turning each land drop into a board presence that snowballs fast. The cost is that you need a dragon-tribal or land-matters shell to justify it — Nesting Dragon exists, but Ureni of the Unwritten makes Encroaching Dragonstorm look like a must-include by comparison.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

Ureni of the Unwritten

71.4% of decks · synergy 0.60

Ureni of the Unwritten is built around filling the battlefield with Dragons, and Encroaching Dragonstorm converts every land drop — including the ones Ureni's abilities generate — into another Dragon trigger, making the two pieces feel purpose-built for each other.

Radha, Heir to Keld

49.8% of decks · synergy 0.46

Radha, Heir to Keld produces extra mana through combat and rewards aggressive land play, so Encroaching Dragonstorm turns those land drops into a steady stream of Dragon tokens that pressure opponents while Radha keeps the engine fueled.

Ruby, Daring Tracker

46.5% of decks · synergy 0.43

Ruby, Daring Tracker cares about Dragons entering the battlefield and can leverage each token Encroaching Dragonstorm produces as a fresh trigger, compounding value across a long game.

Ureni, the Song Unending

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.41

Ureni, the Song Unending leans on Dragon synergies and recurring land play, making Encroaching Dragonstorm a reliable engine piece that converts the deck's natural game plan into board presence without requiring extra investment.

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut

37.6% of decks · synergy 0.34

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut rewards Dragon-tribal density and treasures, and Encroaching Dragonstorm pads both the Dragon count and the overall board state every time a land resolves.

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 the natural home for Encroaching Dragonstorm — 100-card singleton games go long enough to cash in on repeated land drops, and Dragon-tribal commanders give the card a ready-made shell with no deck-building contortions required. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, it's too slow and too conditional; you'd need a dedicated landfall deck and even then a 4-mana enchantment that doesn't win immediately is a liability. Legacy and Vintage have the same problem compounded by the raw power density of those formats. Standard is the one 60-card context worth watching if a landfall or Dragon shell emerges, since the card's ceiling is real when the synergies align. Oathbreaker sits somewhere between Commander and competitive, and Encroaching Dragonstorm is playable there for the same reasons — a Dragon or landfall signature spell makes it functional.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

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