Forgestoker Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. That creature can't block this combat. Activate only if this creature is attacking.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Born of the Gods Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20771
Forgestoker Dragon is a repeatable pseudo-removal engine stapled to a 5/4 flier — pay one mana and tap it to prevent a blocker from blocking, and it can also Shock a creature for two mana while it's attacking. The activation costs are cheap enough to matter every combat, making it a genuine threat rather than a vanilla beatstick, but a seven-mana top-end in a competitive Commander environment is a steep ask when faster, cheaper finishers exist.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Forgestoker Dragon slots cleanly into Dragon tribal as a mid-tier threat — it pulls double duty as a combat enabler and a slow removal piece, which justifies the slot in casual to mid-power Dragon piles. Across competitive constructed formats like Modern, Pioneer, and Legacy, it simply doesn't see play: seven mana is a game-ending amount of investment in those formats, and Forgestoker Dragon doesn't end the game reliably enough to compete with what those formats offer at that cost. Oathbreaker shares Commander's casual tempo, so it functions similarly there — fine in a red Dragon shell, unremarkable outside of it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Forgestoker Dragon isn't available in the current feed, but as a non-mythic Dragon from a non-premium set it historically sits well under a dollar — buylist fodder territory. Pick it up for pennies at your local game store or in bulk lots; there's no financial risk in acquiring a copy, and no reason to chase a foil.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.