Rith, Liberated Primeval
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Flying, ward 
Other Dragons you control have ward .
At the beginning of your end step, if a creature or planeswalker an opponent controlled was dealt excess damage this turn, create a 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GRW
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dominaria United
- Price
- $1.56
- EDHREC rank
- #4646
Rith, Liberated Primeval lands and immediately starts churning out 4/4 Dragon tokens the moment any Dragon on your board attacks — the payoff is on-board the turn it enters, no setup required. The cost is a six-mana 6/6 body that does nothing if your other Dragons are removal-taxed before combat; in The Ur-Dragon builds, that rarely matters because the whole deck is Dragons anyway.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
The Ur-Dragon
The Ur-Dragon decks run enough Dragons to trigger Rith, Liberated Primeval on nearly every combat step, and the eminence discount makes the curve feel one mana cheaper — you're flooding the board with 4/4 flyers while The Ur-Dragon's attack trigger refills your hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Rith, Liberated Primeval lives — Dragon tribal is one of the most popular archetypes in the format, and the token generation scales directly with how many Dragons you're swinging with. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's legal but essentially invisible; a six-mana do-nothing-on-cast Dragon has no competitive role in formats where the game ends faster than it attacks. Oathbreaker is a viable home if you're building around a Naya planeswalker with a Dragon theme, though that's a narrow lane. Play Rith, Liberated Primeval in Commander — that's the full story.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$1.56 cheap tier
At $1.56, Rith, Liberated Primeval sits squarely in bulk-rare territory, which means near-zero barrier to picking up a copy for any Dragon tribal build. Demand is steady but not spiking — a card this format-specific won't move much unless Dragon tribal gets a major push, so buy it for the deck, not the spec.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.