Nebula Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, it deals 3 damage to any target.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #20342
Nebula Dragon lands and immediately threatens to end games — its constellation-style trigger scales with every enchantment you control, turning a single flying body into a board-wide damage engine. The cost is a hefty mana investment for an effect that folds to a well-timed removal spell.
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 |
Commander is where Nebula Dragon belongs — enchantment-heavy builds can realistically hit double-digit triggers, and the multiplayer environment means the repeated damage adds up fast across three opponents. In powered 60-card formats like Legacy or Vintage, six mana for a dragon that doesn't immediately win the game doesn't clear the bar when cheaper threats exist. Modern and Pioneer have the same problem: Nebula Dragon is too slow for the tempo of those formats without a dedicated enchantment shell to back it up. Pauper is the one format where the conversation ends before it starts — this card isn't common.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Nebula Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory, which makes it a zero-risk pickup for any enchantment Commander build curious to test it. Bulk rares rarely climb without a breakout tournament moment, and this one is format-limited to Commander, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.