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Ramos, Dragon Engine

Legendary Artifact Creature — Dragon

Flying
Whenever you cast a spell, put a +1/+1 counter on Ramos for each of that spell's colors.
Remove five +1/+1 counters from Ramos: Add {W}{W}{U}{U}{B}{B}{R}{R}{G}{G}. Activate only once each turn.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{6}
Color identity
BGRUW
Rarity
mythic
Set
Treasure Chest
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3055
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Ramos, Dragon Engine card art
Ramos, Dragon Engine turns multicolor spells into explosive mana bursts — cast enough colors and it cashes out for up to ten mana, then resets to do it again. The six-mana, 4/4 body is the only real cost, and commanders like The Ur-Dragon make paying it trivial by the time Ramos matters. Lux Artillery and similar high-pip spells are the fuel; Ramos is the engine that converts them into game-ending acceleration.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

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The Ur-Dragon

The Ur-Dragon

33.5% of decks · synergy 0.27

The Ur-Dragon already demands a five-color dragon suite loaded with multicolor pips, which means Ramos, Dragon Engine charges fast and often — a single dragon spell can stack two or three counters, and The Ur-Dragon's eminence discount makes chaining spells on curve effortless.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Ramos, Dragon Engine is legal in every major constructed format, but it only realistically sees play in Commander. Six mana for a creature that generates value over multiple turns is simply too slow for Legacy, Modern, or Pioneer, where games end before Ramos accumulates enough counters to matter. In Commander, it's a genuine build-around: five-color spell-slinger decks can generate twenty or more mana over a couple of activations, enabling the kind of explosive multi-spell turns that close games. Outside of Commander, treat Ramos as a card that doesn't exist in a competitive sense.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Current pricing data for Ramos, Dragon Engine isn't available at time of writing, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for the live number. Given its age, reprint history, and Commander-only appeal, it typically sits in an accessible range — worth picking up if you're building five-color or casting it as the commander, not a speculative hold.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.