Kargan Dragonrider
Creature — Human Warrior
As long as you control a Dragon, this creature has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Jumpstart 2022
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24291
Kargan Dragonrider is a two-mana 2/2 that gains flying as long as you control a Dragon — conditional evasion stapled to an underpowered body. Outside a dedicated Dragon tribal shell, the condition rarely fires consistently enough to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kargan Dragonrider is a fringe card in every format it's legal in. In Commander, it earns a seat only in Dragon tribal decks — think Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm or The Ur-Dragon — where the flying condition is almost always active, but even there it's competing with Dragons themselves for slots. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, a 2/2 for two with a conditional upside doesn't clear the bar for competitive play. Pauper has better two-drops at common that don't rely on board state to function.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Kargan Dragonrider is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. That price reflects the demand ceiling accurately; this isn't a card that climbs.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.