Shieldhide Dragon
Creature — Dragon
Flying, lifelink
Megamorph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its megamorph cost and put a +1/+1 counter on it.)
When this creature is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on each other Dragon creature you control.
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #22866
Shieldhide Dragon gives a creature hexproof and lifelink until end of turn for four mana, then cycles itself for two — it protects a key piece in a pinch and replaces itself so you're not down a card. Seven mana total for a one-shot effect with no board presence is a steep ask, and almost every competitive shell has better options.
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 |
Shieldhide Dragon is a Commander card in the loosest sense — the cycling keeps it from being a pure blank, and dragon-tribal lists running Sarkhan or Ur-Dragon sometimes include it for redundancy. Outside of Commander, the card sees essentially zero play: Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage all have access to far more efficient hexproof and lifelink effects, and the seven-mana activation ceiling makes Shieldhide Dragon uncompetitive in any faster format. Even in Commander, it occupies a marginal slot that most optimized 99s can't afford.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Shieldhide Dragon is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not demand. That price is stable purely because the floor exists, not because anyone is buying in.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.