Ur-Drago
Legendary Creature — Elemental
First strike
Creatures with swampwalk can be blocked as though they didn't have swampwalk.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $16.78
- EDHREC rank
- #30005
Ur-Drago is a five-mana 4/4 that reduces the cost of multicolored spells by one generic mana for each color those spells share with it — in a five-color deck, that's up to a four-mana discount on your most expensive multicolored spells. The effect is real, but it only pays off if your deck is built around expensive, heavily multicolored cards.
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 |
Ur-Drago is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, and that's where its story starts and ends — it has no Modern, Pioneer, Standard, or Pauper presence. In Commander, Ur-Drago slots into five-color goodstuff or multicolor-matters builds where the cost reduction compounds across a whole turn's worth of spells. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal homes, but neither format has any use for a five-mana creature that discounts spells rather than winning the game on the spot. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander 60-card-adjacent format where it could see fringe play as a signature spell alternative, though even there the payoff requires a multicolor-heavy build to justify the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Ur-Drago's cost-reduction effect is unusual enough that no single card replaces it cleanly, but Jodah, the Unifier and Ramos, Dragon Engine both reward heavy multicolor commitment at a similar or lower price point while adding their own redundant value. If raw cost reduction is the goal, Zaxara, the Exemplary or other commanders that generate mana rather than reduce costs often accomplish the same end result more reliably.
Price Context
Current price
$16.78 mid tier
At $16.78, Ur-Drago sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to be a real budget consideration, but not a staple that commands the price through sheer ubiquity. It holds that price largely on collector appeal and scarcity from an older print run rather than competitive demand, so don't expect it to climb.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.