Exalted Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
This creature can't attack unless you sacrifice a land. (This cost is paid as attackers are declared.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30081
Exalted Dragon lands as a 5/5 flyer with exalted, but it demands you sacrifice a land to attack — a real cost that makes it a liability in any deck that isn't actively abusing land sacrifice or recursion. Unless your commander cares about lands hitting the graveyard, there are cleaner finishers at this mana value.
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 |
In Commander, Exalted Dragon is a niche inclusion — playable only in decks that profit from sacrificing lands, where the attack trigger becomes a feature rather than a tax. In Legacy and Vintage, a seven-mana 5/5 flyer with a drawback never sees competitive play; both formats have access to threats that close the game faster and cleaner. Exalted Dragon is legal in Oathbreaker as well, but the same logic applies — the format's faster pace makes the land cost punishing without dedicated support.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Exalted Dragon isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest figures. Given its narrow appeal and the existence of stronger finishers in most archetypes, it tends to sit in budget territory — worth picking up cheaply if your commander synergizes with land sacrifice, but not a card to overpay for.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.