Eternal Dragon
Creature — Dragon Spirit
Flying
: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand. Activate only during your upkeep.
Plainscycling 
(, Discard this card: Search your library for a Plains card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander 2020
- Price
- $0.45
- EDHREC rank
- #11227
Eternal Dragon is a 5/5 flyer that doubles as a repeatable Plains tutor from the graveyard — the recursion engine is the whole point, not the body. The seven-mana cast cost is real, but decks that want to hit land drops every turn and rebuy utility Plains will happily pay it.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists
Ellie and Alan, Paleontologists reward you for cycling and recurring creatures, and Eternal Dragon does both — it cycles for two to fix mana early, then comes back from the graveyard as a free land tutor turn after turn, feeding exactly the kind of graveyard activity the commanders want to see.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Eternal Dragon earns its keep — the singleton format slows the game down enough that seven mana is reachable, and the plains-recursion ability turns any graveyard loop into a permanent mana advantage. In Legacy, it's legal but unplayed; the format is too fast for a seven-mana creature with no immediate board impact. Vintage allows it but has no reason to run it. Eternal Dragon is a Commander card in practice, full stop.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.45 bulk tier
At $0.45, Eternal Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory — you'll find copies in dime boxes and bulk lots without effort. Demand is narrow enough to keep the price stable, so there's no urgency either way; pick one up whenever it's convenient.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.