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Rite of the Dragoncaller

Enchantment

Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell, create a 5/5 red Dragon creature token with flying.

CMC
6
Mana cost
{4}{R}{R}
Color identity
R
Rarity
mythic
Set
Foundations Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#3126
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Rite of the Dragoncaller card art
Rite of the Dragoncaller floods the board with Dragon tokens every time you cast a spell, which in the right shell turns a single turn into a lethal army. The Tenth Doctor and Eris, Roar of the Storm are its best homes — both trigger repeatedly off spell-casting and convert that token production into an engine that's nearly impossible to race.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Eris, Roar of the Storm

Eris, Roar of the Storm

31.3% of decks · synergy 0.26

Eris, Roar of the Storm is the premier home for Rite of the Dragoncaller — her ability to copy instants and sorceries means every spell can trigger Rite twice, and the resulting Dragon tokens feed her power-based damage trigger for a closing loop that scales exponentially.

02
Iroh, Grand Lotus

Iroh, Grand Lotus

26.1% of decks · synergy 0.23

Iroh, Grand Lotus rewards you for playing spells of different types across a turn, and Rite of the Dragoncaller converts that diverse spell sequencing into a Dragon army that doubles as both board presence and a clock.

03
Lorehold, the Historian

Lorehold, the Historian

23.7% of decks · synergy 0.22

Lorehold, the Historian cares about historic permanents and recasting spells from exile, giving Rite of the Dragoncaller repeated windows to fire every turn cycle rather than once per rotation.

04
Gandalf of the Secret Fire

Gandalf of the Secret Fire

22.1% of decks · synergy 0.20

Gandalf of the Secret Fire copies the first instant or sorcery you cast each turn, which means Rite of the Dragoncaller effectively doubles its token output the moment Gandalf is on the battlefield.

05
Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary

17.3% of decks · synergy 0.12

Niv-Mizzet, Visionary draws a card for each color of mana spent, incentivizing multicolor spell-slinging — and every spell in that chain ticks Rite of the Dragoncaller, turning the card-draw engine into board presence simultaneously.

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

Rite of the Dragoncaller is legal across every major constructed format but hasn't made noise outside Commander, where its continuous token production is most exploitable. In Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, a four-mana enchantment that does nothing the turn it enters is too slow for the tempo those formats demand. Commander is where it lives — specifically in spell-heavy Dragon or Izzet-adjacent decks where casting multiple spells per turn is the baseline, not the exception. Oathbreaker is a reasonable secondary home given the format's spell-slinger tendencies and lower life totals that make a Dragon token army meaningful faster.

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Price Context

Current price

unknown tier

Pricing data for Rite of the Dragoncaller isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a live number. Given its niche but real demand in Dragon and spell-slinger Commander builds, it's worth picking up whenever the price aligns with what you'd spend on a role-player enchantment.

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