Teeka's Dragon
Artifact Creature — Dragon
Flying; trample; rampage 4 (Whenever this creature becomes blocked, it gets +4/+4 until end of turn for each creature blocking it beyond the first.)
- CMC
- 9
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $5.66
- EDHREC rank
- #20536
Teeka's Dragon is an 7/7 flying, first strike behemoth for nine mana that deals 7 damage to each other creature when it attacks — a board wipe stapled to a finisher. The cost is brutal and there is no cheating around it: this card demands a deck built to ramp into the late game.
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 |
Teeka's Dragon is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Legacy and Vintage simply have no interest in a nine-mana creature when those formats end games on turn one or two. Commander is the only home where Teeka's Dragon is remotely functional — ramp is abundant, games go long, and a dragon that wipes the board on attack genuinely closes out stalled tables. In Oathbreaker, the smaller deck size and faster pace make nine mana a hard sell unless you're in a casual pod with dedicated ramp.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius and Savage Ventmaw fill the expensive dragon slot more efficiently, but if the attack-trigger board-clear is what you're after, Balefire Dragon is the direct analog — same nine mana, similar wipe effect, and it sees far more play. Scourge of Valkas offers a cheaper dragon-tribal payoff that scales with board size rather than demanding you survive to combat.
Price Context
Current price
$5.66 mid tier
At $5.66, Teeka's Dragon sits in the mid tier — notable for a card with negligible competitive demand and almost no reprint history. The price is a collector artifact more than a reflection of gameplay value; don't expect it to climb, and don't pay above buylist unless you specifically need it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.