Skanos Dragonheart
Legendary Creature — Dragon Ranger
Whenever Skanos Dragonheart attacks, it gets +X/+X until end of turn, where X is the greatest power among other Dragons you control and Dragon cards in your graveyard.
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- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #10883
Skanos Dragonheart lands as a Dragon with power equal to the greatest power among other Dragons you control — in a loaded Dragon tribal board, that's a massive beater for five mana. Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut is the clearest home: Skanos slots directly into the engine and frequently enters as a 7/5 or larger on a board already built around the tribe.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut builds a Dragon-dense board by design, and that's exactly the condition Skanos Dragonheart needs to become the biggest threat on the table — 17% inclusion rate confirms players have done the math.
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 |
Skanos Dragonheart is a Commander card, full stop. The five-mana cost and tribal dependency mean it does nothing in Legacy or Vintage, where the creature environment is too hostile and Dragon synergies don't exist at meaningful scale. In Commander, it earns its slot in exactly one context: dedicated Dragon tribal decks where a critical mass of high-power Dragons is guaranteed by turn five or six. Outside that context — goodstuff green, generic stompy — it's just an undersized vanilla creature.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Skanos Dragonheart is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as a throw-in or pull from a precon without thinking twice. Bulk Dragon tribal pieces at this price point don't appreciate; it holds value only as a functional include, not as a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.