Mana-Charged Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample
Join forces — Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, each player starting with you may pay any amount of mana. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is the total amount of mana paid this way.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $1.46
- EDHREC rank
- #18049
Mana-Charged Dragon enters with X +1/+1 counters where each opponent can contribute mana — in a four-player pod, that's potentially a 20+ power flying trampler for one spell slot. The political wrinkle is real, but the ceiling is high enough that it earns a slot in any Commander deck that wants a late-game finisher with a splashy floor.
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 |
Mana-Charged Dragon is a Commander card through and through — the "join forces" mechanic is mechanically inert in any one-on-one format, collapsing the card into a vanilla X/X flyer with trample that no competitive Legacy or Vintage player will touch. In Commander, the multiplayer math is the whole point: three opponents each pitching two mana turns this into an 8/8 or larger on arrival, and savvy pilots can weaponize the politics to negotiate who contributes. Oathbreaker is legal but the two-player norm mutes the upside significantly. Run it only where a four-player table is the baseline.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.46 cheap tier
At $1.46, Mana-Charged Dragon sits in impulse-buy territory — cheap enough to slot in without a second thought. Demand is steady but narrow, so the price is unlikely to spike unless a high-profile Commander precon pushes the join-forces mechanic back into the spotlight.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.