Flameblast Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay 
. If you do, it deals X damage to any target.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #8923
Flameblast Dragon lands and immediately threatens to machine-gun down blockers or drain a player's life total — each attack step is a Fireball stapled to a 5/5 flyer. The cost is real: six mana before you get a single trigger, and any bounce or kill spell strands all that investment in the graveyard. In Gruul dragon shells helmed by Atarka, World Render, the double-strike clause turns every activation into double the damage for the same mana spent.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render grants all attacking dragons double strike, which means Flameblast Dragon's X activation effectively fires twice in a single combat step — the same floating mana deals its damage, then deals it again. That combination closes games that a single trigger would not.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper generates red mana equal to the highest power among creatures that entered under your control this turn, so dropping Flameblast Dragon on curve can immediately refund a pile of red mana and pump it straight back into the activation.
Radha, Heir to Keld
Radha, Heir to Keld produces two red mana whenever she attacks, which feeds directly into Flameblast Dragon's X trigger in the same combat — Radha essentially subsidizes the activation cost every single turn.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen creates a 5/5 Dragon token whenever a non-token Dragon enters, so casting Flameblast Dragon doubles your board presence while also contributing a powerful repeatable burn threat to the pile.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Flameblast Dragon's home is Commander, where the game goes long enough for a six-mana dragon to matter and where the repeatable, targeted burn on each attack is a meaningful political and strategic tool. It's technically legal in Legacy, Vintage, and Modern, but at six mana with no protection and no immediate board impact beyond a 5/5 body, it doesn't come close to seeing play in any of those formats — faster threats and cheaper threats crowd it out entirely. In Oathbreaker the compressed game length works against it for the same reason. Stick to Commander, specifically in Gruul dragon or Gruul big-mana shells where the attack-step economy rewards threats that scale with available mana.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Flameblast Dragon is deep bulk — easy to acquire and easy to slot without any budget consideration. Bulk rares at this price point tend to stay flat or drift lower over time, so there's no financial reason to hesitate on picking one up for a dragon deck.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Atarka, World Render
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
- Radha, Heir to Keld
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.