Fire Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control.
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $5.30
- EDHREC rank
- #25809
Fire Dragon enters and torches a creature — the enter-the-battlefield removal stapled to a 4/4 flying body is the whole pitch. Seven mana is a real cost, but in Commander, where one trigger can swing a board state, Fire Dragon earns its slot in dragon-tribal and red reanimator shells.
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 Fire Dragon actually sees play — casual dragon-tribal lists want the body and the removal on the same card, and seven mana is reachable in a format where games go long. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but seven mana with no broken interaction puts Fire Dragon nowhere near those formats in practice. It's off the table entirely in Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper, so the competitive conversation starts and ends with Commander and Oathbreaker, where the curve is forgiving enough to cast it and the targets are plentiful enough to make the trigger matter.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Demanding something cheaper that still hits a creature on entry, Demanding Dragon costs five mana and forces an opponent to sacrifice or deal you damage — less precise than Fire Dragon but easier to cast. Thundermaw Hellkite costs the same five mana, taps opposing flyers, and hits harder on offense, though it skips the targeted removal entirely.
Price Context
Current price
$5.30 mid tier
At $5.30, Fire Dragon sits in the mid tier — affordable enough that budget isn't the reason to leave it out, but pricey enough that you should want it to actively earn its spot. It holds that price mostly on casual demand from dragon-tribal players rather than any spike in competitive play, so the value is stable without being exciting.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.