Hunted Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying, haste
When this creature enters, target opponent creates three 2/2 white Knight creature tokens with first strike.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Price
- $0.79
- EDHREC rank
- #12569
Hunted Dragon puts a 6/5 flying haste on the board for four mana — that's an elite rate — and the cost is handing three 1/1 Knight tokens to your opponents. In a vacuum that downside is real; in a deck built around Kardur, Doomscourge or any goad/chaos shell, those Knights become liabilities for the people holding them, not you.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kardur, Doomscourge
Kardur, Doomscourge goads every creature your opponents control when he enters, which means the Knights that Hunted Dragon donates immediately become forced attackers pointed away from you — the downside flips into a political weapon while a 6/5 haste is already swinging.
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 |
Commander is where Hunted Dragon actually earns its keep: three players absorb the tokens, goad effects neutralize them, and a 6/5 flying haste closing games before opponents can deploy those Knights is exactly the kind of undercosted threat aggressive red strategies want. In Legacy and Vintage the card is legal but irrelevant — four mana for a creature that hands opponents blockers doesn't compete in formats where games end faster and the token drawback is undiluted. Modern is the same story: the downside is too punishing without a dedicated shell to exploit it, and efficient threats with no strings attached exist at every mana cost. Hunted Dragon is a Commander card in practice, and a narrow one even there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.79 bulk tier
At $0.79, Hunted Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire, zero financial risk to slot in and test. Bulk rares with narrow homes rarely climb unless they pick up a breakout commander, so don't expect this to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.