Mordant Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may have it deal that much damage to target creature that player controls.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Worldwake
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #12204
Mordant Dragon lands as a 5/4 flying, trample threat that pings any target for damage equal to its power whenever it deals combat damage to a player — a built-in drain that turns every hit into a Fireball. Seven mana is a real ask, but in decks that double combat damage or grant double strike, that ping scales to lethal fast enough to justify the slot. Without that amplification, Mordant Dragon is a fine-but-forgettable finisher that most Commander tables can answer before it fires twice.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render grants all your attacking Dragons double strike, which means Mordant Dragon's damage trigger fires twice per combat — once for first strike damage, once for regular — effectively doubling the Fireball stapled to every swing.
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood generates red mana equal to the highest power among creatures you controlled that entered this turn, so a Mordant Dragon coming down at 5 power immediately refunds five mana and lets the deck chain into its next threat.
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 Mordant Dragon actually lives — the singleton format's slower pace gives a seven-mana Dragon time to matter, and Dragon-tribal shells led by Atarka, World Render or similar commanders can exploit the damage trigger to close games. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is legal but never played; the power level floor in those formats is too high for a seven-mana creature with no immediate board impact beyond a body. Modern is the same story: legal on paper, absent in practice, because seven mana buys far more threatening permanents. Mordant Dragon is a Commander card wearing a constructed legal stamp.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Mordant Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory, which is accurate — demand is narrow enough that there's no price floor beyond casual Dragon collectors and Atarka, World Render brewers. Bulk rares at this price point tend to stay flat or drift lower as more reprints enter the market, so treat it as a pickup cost, not a hold.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Atarka, World Render
- Alena, Kessig Trapper // Gilanra, Caller of Wirewood
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.