Radiant's Dragoons
Creature — Human Soldier
Echo 
(At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
When this creature enters, you gain 5 life.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Urza's Legacy
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #30609
Radiant's Dragoons enters and gains you life equal to your life total — effectively doubling your life total on the spot — stapled to a 2/4 body for five mana. That's a massive one-time swing in dedicated lifegain or combo shells, and a do-nothing blocker everywhere else.
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 |
Radiant's Dragoons is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a five-mana creature whose entire value is a triggered life payment. Commander is the only realistic home, specifically in lifegain-matters decks where doubling your life total translates directly into card draw, damage, or combo thresholds — think Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose strategies that convert the number itself into pressure. Outside those shells, five mana for a 2/4 with no protection is too slow and too fragile to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Radiant's Dragoons is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. The price reflects its narrow playability; it won't climb unless a new commander makes life-doubling effects generically powerful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.