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Ugin, the Spirit Dragon

Legendary Planeswalker — Ugin

+2: Ugin deals 3 damage to any target.
−X: Exile each permanent with mana value X or less that's one or more colors.
−10: You gain 7 life, draw seven cards, then put up to seven permanent cards from your hand onto the battlefield.

CMC
8
Mana cost
{8}
Color identity
C
Rarity
mythic
Set
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Price
—
EDHREC rank
#1546
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Ugin, the Spirit Dragon card art
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon lands on the table and immediately threatens a -X that wipes the board of every noncolorless permanent — creatures, enchantments, artifacts, the works — while leaving your own colorless pieces standing. Eight mana is the real cost of admission, and in a vacuum that's steep, but commanders like Aminatou, the Fateshifter can blink Ugin back to reset his loyalty, and Carth the Lion makes every activation tick higher from the moment he enters.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Carth the Lion

Carth the Lion

48.9% of decks · synergy 0.48

Carth the Lion's passive adds an extra loyalty counter to every Ugin, the Spirit Dragon activation, meaning the -X hits harder and the ultimate arrives faster than it has any right to. In a dedicated planeswalker shell, Ugin becomes one of the most efficient board-wipe threats in the 99.

02
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

34.9% of decks · synergy 0.33

Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider doubles every counter Ugin, the Spirit Dragon enters with and places on himself, effectively letting him threaten his -X on the same turn he arrives if you have enough mana. The combination turns an already-impactful planeswalker into an immediate game-warping threat.

03
Kozilek, the Great Distortion

Kozilek, the Great Distortion

65.5% of decks · synergy 0.23

Kozilek, the Great Distortion decks are built around colorless mana and big-mana payoffs, and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon fits both criteria cleanly. His -X leaves every colorless permanent on your side untouched while resetting the rest of the board — a one-sided wipe in a deck full of Eldrazi.

04
Commodore Guff

Commodore Guff

22.5% of decks · synergy 0.21

Commodore Guff generates loyalty counters on other planeswalkers you control, accelerating Ugin, the Spirit Dragon toward his game-ending -X or the devastating ultimate that refills your hand and gains a fistful of life. In a superfriends shell, Ugin is both a reset button and a finisher.

05
Zhulodok, Void Gorger

Zhulodok, Void Gorger

60.8% of decks · synergy 0.19

Zhulodok, Void Gorger grants cascade twice to colorless spells with mana value seven or greater, and Ugin, the Spirit Dragon at eight mana triggers that ability — meaning casting Ugin can chain into two additional spells off the top. That free value on top of Ugin's already-massive board presence is why he shows up in nearly two-thirds of Zhulodok lists.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

In Commander, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon is a staple for any deck that can afford to ramp to eight mana, functioning as a one-sided board wipe in colorless and artifact builds and a loyalty-counter engine in superfriends. Pioneer and Modern have both seen Ugin serve as a top-end finisher in ramp and tron strategies respectively, where his -X clears the way and his ultimate closes games that have gone long. Legacy and Vintage don't have much use for him — eight mana is an eternity in those formats, and faster threats dominate the metagame. Oathbreaker is a natural home given the planeswalker-as-commander rule, though his eight-mana floor is punishing in a format with a 20-life starting total.

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Price Context

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Pricing data for Ugin, the Spirit Dragon isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings, as he has been reprinted several times and prices can vary significantly between printings. Given his Commander staple status and broad format legality, he typically carries a noticeable price tag even on budget printings.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.