Rakdos Pit Dragon
Creature — Dragon
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.
Hellbent — This creature has double strike as long as you have no cards in hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Duel Decks Anthology: Jace vs. Chandra
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #23133
Rakdos Pit Dragon is a mana sink that can close games — triple red for first strike and flying, plus a pump ability that scales with spare mana — but a four-mana 3/3 that needs three more red to become a real threat is too slow and color-intensive for most competitive tables. It's a casual finisher, full stop.
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 |
In Commander, Rakdos Pit Dragon is a casual-bracket card — it functions as a repeatable threat in decks that generate excess red mana, but it won't survive at high-power tables where it gets answered before the pump ever matters. In Legacy and Vintage, it simply doesn't compete; four mana for a 3/3 with conditional upside is nowhere near the power level those formats demand. Modern has better dragons at every price point, and the color-pip requirement makes it a liability in any shell that isn't near-monored. Stick to Commander if you're running it, and only in decks that can exploit the mana sink.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Rakdos Pit Dragon is pure bulk — you're not paying a premium for anything here. It holds no financial upside, but it's an essentially free inclusion if the casual dragon tribal slot opens up.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.