Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon"
Legendary Creature — Human Advisor
Other creatures you control get +1/+1.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Portal Three Kingdoms
- Price
- $19.03
- EDHREC rank
- #16837
Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" gives every creature you control +1/+1 for four mana — a static Glorious Anthem stapled to a 3/3 body that never stops working. It's one of the most efficient anthem effects in Commander, and any white weenie or token deck that isn't running it is leaving a permanent power boost on the table.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" sees almost all of its play in Commander, where wide token strategies and white weenie builds treat it as a staple anthem. Legacy and Vintage allow it, but a four-mana 3/3 with no immediate impact on the stack has never found competitive footing in those formats. Commander is the correct home: the long game rewards persistent static buffs, and Kongming's effect scales with every creature added to the board after it resolves.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Glorious Anthem costs under a dollar and replicates the +1/+1 bonus without the body, which matters if you need the enchantment type or just want the cheapest path to the same effect. Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" edges it out by being a creature — harder to remove with targeted enchantment removal and relevant for synergies like creature tutors or aristocrats payoffs — but if budget is the constraint, Anthem does roughly the same job for a fraction of the price.
Price Context
Current price
$19.03 mid tier
At $19.03, Kongming, "Sleeping Dragon" sits in the mid tier, elevated mainly by its status as a Reserved List card with a dedicated old-bordered collector demand on top of its gameplay appeal. The price is stable rather than speculative — it's not going to reprint its way to bulk, but it's also not a card most token players strictly need at that rate when functional alternatives exist for far less.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.