Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse
Creature — Dragon // Instant — Adventure
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks or blocks, scry 2.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.36
- EDHREC rank
- #5235
Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse puts a 4/3 flying ward-2 body on board that stabilizes a tempo game, then offers a cheap adventure half in Psionic Pulse that bounces a non-Dragon creature and cantrips — all for five mana up front. It's no Guile, but in Beluna Grandsquall decks it's a reliable two-for-one that keeps the adventure chain moving without demanding much from your mana base.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Beluna Grandsquall
Beluna Grandsquall is the natural home — the adventure half of Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse triggers Beluna Grandsquall's ability to cast the creature off exile, effectively drawing a card and deploying a ward body in the same motion.
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor cares about casting non-creature spells from adventure, and Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse provides an on-color bounce spell that replaces itself while leaving behind a protected Dragon.
Sivitri, Dragon Master
Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Dragons to hand and values any Dragon that pulls its weight in the mid-game — Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse clears a blocker on the way in and has ward-2 to survive long enough to attack.
Kellan, the Kid
Kellan, the Kid runs every adventure it can find to fuel its own triggers, and Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse is one of the few blue adventure creatures available, slotting in as a utility piece that also counts toward creature count.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and it lives entirely in Commander — the other legal formats have far better options at this mana cost and the bounce-cantrip half doesn't come close to competing. In Commander it earns its slot narrowly: adventure-tribal builds helmed by Beluna Grandsquall want it almost unconditionally (78% inclusion rate confirms this), and Dragon-tribal builds will often take it for the body alone. Outside those two archetypes, a 4/3 flier with a temporary removal spell attached is functional but not exciting.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
GuileSapphire Dragon // Psionic PulseLucky Clover
Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Gorion, Wise MentorGuileSapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse
Infinite storm count; Infinite magecraft triggers
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.36 bulk tier
At $0.36, Sapphire Dragon // Psionic Pulse is bulk with essentially no financial risk to picking up copies. It's a niche card with a defined home in adventure decks, so don't expect the price to move much in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.