Pardic Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Suspend 2—
Whenever an opponent casts a spell, if this card is suspended, that player may put a time counter on this card.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #24630
Pardic Dragon hits the table as a 4/4 flying trampler for six, but that body is contingent on paying a red mana upkeep every turn or losing it at end of turn. The suspend cost makes it situationally interesting, but six mana for a vanilla-sized flyer with an ongoing tax is simply not competitive in any format where better dragons exist.
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 |
Pardic Dragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, six mana buys you dragons with enters-the-battlefield effects, built-in protection, or immediate game impact — Pardic Dragon offers none of that, and the upkeep payment means opponents can simply wait for you to miss it. In Legacy and Vintage, the card is irrelevant against the speed and power of those formats. Modern has long outpaced this power level. Pardic Dragon is, functionally, a bulk rare that happens to be legal everywhere.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Pardic Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory, and nothing about its playability suggests that changes. It's a safe pickup if a specific theme demands it, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.