Necromaster Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may pay 
. If you do, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token and each opponent mills two cards.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Magic Online Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #18062
Necromaster Dragon swings in for 5 flying damage and leaves behind a 2/2 Zombie plus milling two cards — that's three distinct board pressures stapled to one attack trigger. The cost is five mana and the requirement that you actually connect, which makes it better in evasion-heavy builds than as a standalone threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Necromaster Dragon directly onto the battlefield, bypassing the five-mana cost entirely, and the Zombie tokens Necromaster generates give Sivitri's controlling shell persistent chump blockers and graveyard-filling utility that supports black's recursion angles.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Necromaster Dragon actually gets to do its job — Dragon tribal shells and reanimator strategies both want a flying body that generates board presence on attack, and Sivitri decks in particular run it at a 32% clip. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but functionally absent: five mana for a fair dragon with no immediate board impact is well below the power bar those formats demand. Vintage has the card legal too, but nothing there is looking for incremental Zombie production. Stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available for Necromaster Dragon at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given its narrow home in Dragon tribal Commander decks and lack of competitive play elsewhere, it tends to sit in bulk-rare territory.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.