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Rapacious Dragon

Creature — Dragon

Flying
When this creature enters, create two Treasure tokens. (They're artifacts with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

CMC
5
Mana cost
{4}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
common
Set
Game Night: Free-for-All
Price
$0.13
EDHREC rank
#3604
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Rapacious Dragon card art
Rapacious Dragon enters the battlefield and immediately generates two Treasure tokens, meaning it partially pays for itself and leaves a mana footprint even if it dies to a removal spell. Five mana for a 4/4 flyer is a fair rate, but the reason it shows up in serious lists is the blink and flicker abuse — Deadeye Navigator can loop it for infinite Treasures, and Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut doubles the token output the moment another Dragon hits play.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ganax, Astral HunterAcolyte of Bahamut

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut

46.1% of decks · synergy 0.45

Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut turns every Dragon ETB into a Treasure, so Rapacious Dragon entering already produces two and Ganax tacks on a third — three mana back from a single cast is a strong rate in any Dragon shell.

02
Atarka, World Render

Atarka, World Render

41.9% of decks · synergy 0.40

Atarka, World Render decks want bodies that contribute before combat, and Rapacious Dragon's Treasure generation funds the expensive top end of the curve without asking for any additional setup.

03
Lathliss, Dragon Queen

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

39.4% of decks · synergy 0.36

Lathliss, Dragon Queen floods the board with Dragon tokens whenever a nontoken Dragon enters, so Rapacious Dragon landing triggers Lathliss and the new token triggers Lathliss again — Treasures accelerate the next Dragon that continues the chain.

04
Delina, Wild Mage

Delina, Wild Mage

35.1% of decks · synergy 0.32

Delina, Wild Mage creates attacking copies of creatures she hits with, and a copied Rapacious Dragon produces two Treasures on each successful roll, turning combat into an explosive mana generation engine.

05
Ureni of the Unwritten

Ureni of the Unwritten

26.8% of decks · synergy 0.23

Ureni of the Unwritten cheats large creatures onto the battlefield directly from the library, and Rapacious Dragon's Treasure triggers still fire on those free casts, keeping the mana engine running while Ureni digs deeper into the deck.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Rapacious Dragon is legal everywhere but has no meaningful competitive presence outside Commander — five mana for a 4/4 in Modern, Pioneer, or Legacy is far too slow against established threats. In Pauper it's also unplayable; the rate simply doesn't match what common-legal decks need at that cost. Commander is the only format where Rapacious Dragon earns its slot, specifically in Dragon tribal or Treasure-synergy shells where the ETB value is multiplied by blink effects, token doublers, or commanders like Ganax.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.13 bulk tier

At $0.13, Rapacious Dragon is deep bulk — pick up as many copies as your Dragon decks need without a second thought. Bulk rares with focused combo applications rarely spike unless a new commander pushes the archetype hard, so the price is stable for now.

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