Preyseizer Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying
Devour 2 (As this creature enters, you may sacrifice any number of creatures. It enters with twice that many +1/+1 counters on it.)
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals damage to any target equal to the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Planechase Anthology
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #17977
Preyseizer Dragon lands as a 4/4 flier that grows every time it deals combat damage to a player, stapling a Devour 2 ability onto each trigger — if you can feed it creatures, it snowballs fast. Six mana for that baseline is a real ask, and it does nothing the turn it enters, so it earns its slot only in decks built to exploit the Devour engine repeatedly.
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 |
Preyseizer Dragon is a Commander card through and through — the format's multiplayer damage triggers and creature-heavy boards give it real opportunities to grow, and a singleton Dragon with a build-around ceiling fits exactly what 100-card decks want. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but competes against formats defined by speed and efficiency; a six-mana 4/4 with a conditional upside doesn't register in those environments. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format where it could theoretically see play inside a sacrifice or Dragon-themed shell, though the format's lower density of fodder makes the Devour payoff harder to assemble consistently.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Preyseizer Dragon sits firmly in bulk territory — easy to acquire as a throw-in or from a bulk bin without a second thought. Bulk Dragons at this price point rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype into the spotlight, so treat it as a low-risk pickup rather than something to chase in quantity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.