Mist Dragon
Creature — Dragon
: This creature gains flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.): This creature loses flying. (This effect lasts indefinitely.)
: This creature phases out. (While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist. It phases in before you untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $3.73
- EDHREC rank
- #27222
Mist Dragon's activated ability to phase out at instant speed makes it nearly impossible to kill on the board, and pairing it with Crackdown Construct turns every free activation into a massive power spike. Seven mana for a 4/3 flier is a steep ask, but the built-in protection and combo potential make it earn the slot.
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 |
Mist Dragon is a Commander card through and through — the format's longer games give it time to recoup that seven-mana investment, and the Crackdown Construct combo has a genuine home in blue artifact-creature shells. Legacy and Vintage technically permit it, but a 4/3 for seven with no immediate impact is unplayable in those formats. Oathbreaker is the only other format where it has any realistic home, and only in a dedicated combo build.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$3.73 cheap tier
At $3.73, Mist Dragon sits in budget range for a combo piece with real upside. Demand is niche enough that the price is unlikely to spike without a reprint or breakout deck, so it's a safe pickup if you're building around it.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.