Petradon
Creature — Nightmare Beast
When this creature enters, exile two target lands.
When this creature leaves the battlefield, return the exiled cards to the battlefield under their owners' control.
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 8
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Torment
- Price
- $0.43
- EDHREC rank
- #29064
Petradon exiles two lands when it enters and hands them back only if you pay six mana when it leaves — a brutal tempo swing that can strand an opponent on nothing for several turns. Seven mana is a real cost, but the effect scales with how badly your table needs their lands.
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 |
Commander is where Petradon finds its niche, specifically in land-disruption builds or reanimator shells that can cheat it into play and reset the ETB repeatedly. Legacy and Vintage both have faster, more consistent ways to attack mana, so Petradon doesn't compete there. Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper are off the table entirely. Oathbreaker is legal but the 60-card singleton constraint makes a seven-drop with conditional upside a difficult include.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.43 bulk tier
At $0.43, Petradon sits firmly in bulk territory and is unlikely to climb without a high-profile reprint or a sudden spike in land-destruction Commander builds. It's a safe pickup at this price if the effect fits your deck — you're not betting on future value, you're just paying bulk for a bulk rare.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.