Hoarding Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, you may search your library for an artifact card, exile it, then shuffle.
When this creature dies, you may put the exiled card into its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #8812
Hoarding Dragon tutors any artifact from your library straight to the battlefield when it dies — the catch is that artifact goes away too unless you prevent the dragon from dying in the first place. Feldon of the Third Path turns that death trigger into a repeatable engine, making the downside irrelevant; everywhere else, Hoarding Dragon is a slow, fragile tutor on a five-mana body that rarely survives long enough to matter.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Feldon of the Third Path
Feldon of the Third Path recurs Hoarding Dragon from the graveyard as a token each turn, which means you keep triggering the artifact tutor without ever worrying about the 'return it at end of turn or lose it' clause on the token — Feldon's copy is already destined to vanish, so the dragon's death punishment becomes pure upside.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Hoarding Dragon occupies a narrow lane: red artifact decks that want redundant tutor effects and have a plan to exploit the death trigger, or Feldon of the Third Path builds where the downside evaporates entirely. Outside of those shells, a five-mana 4/4 flier that demands your opponent not have removal is far too fragile for the format's 40-life games. In 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — Hoarding Dragon simply doesn't compete; the artifact tutors available there are cheaper, faster, and don't require you to keep a dragon alive. Standard is the one place where card selection is tight enough that Hoarding Dragon could see fringe play, but even there the risk-reward is poor against any removal-heavy meta.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Hoarding Dragon is deep bulk — you'll find it in any dollar bin or bulk trade binder without effort. Given its narrow competitive application, there's no pressure driving the price up, and it's likely to stay at this floor indefinitely.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.