Verix Bladewing
Legendary Creature — Dragon
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When Verix Bladewing enters, if it was kicked, create Karox Bladewing, a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- mythic
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #8763
Verix Bladewing is a 4/4 flying Dragon for four mana that becomes two 4/4 flying Dragons for seven — and when you're pairing it with Atarka, World Render, that means two creatures with double strike hitting the board off a single kicker payment. The rate is real: eight power across two bodies at sorcery speed is better than it looks, and the flexibility to play it on curve or go wide later makes it one of the cleaner Dragons in the format.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Atarka, World Render
Atarka, World Render grants all your attacking Dragons double strike, so casting Verix Bladewing kicked turns a single seven-mana spell into sixteen double-strike flying power across two bodies — enough to end a player from a reasonable life total. Half of all Atarka decks run it, and that 50% inclusion rate tells you this isn't a fringe pick.
Lathliss, Dragon Queen
Lathliss, Dragon Queen triggers off every Dragon entering the battlefield, so kicking Verix Bladewing gives Lathliss two separate triggers and generates two additional 5/5 Dragon tokens — one card becoming four threats on the table. Even the unkicked version still nets a free token, making Verix Bladewing a clean double-dipper in the engine.
Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Ganax, Astral Hunter produces a Treasure each time a Dragon enters, so the kicked Verix Bladewing converts a seven-mana spell into two Dragons and two Treasures, partially refunding the kicker cost. That ramp-back loop is exactly the kind of value Ganax // Acolyte of Bahamut decks are built to exploit.
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 |
In Commander, Verix Bladewing earns its slot in any mono-red or Gruul Dragon build — the kicker mode scales cleanly into the late game where Commander matches actually end, and two Dragon bodies feeding tribal synergies off one card is efficient by the format's standards. Outside Commander, the card is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Modern, Pioneer, and Oathbreaker, but it sees virtually no competitive play in any of them: seven mana for two 4/4s doesn't compete with what those formats are doing by turn four. Treat Verix Bladewing as a Commander card that happens to be legal elsewhere.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Verix Bladewing is bulk — easy to pick up without a second thought. The price reflects its near-total absence from competitive formats rather than any weakness in Commander, where it overperforms its cost bracket.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Atarka, World Render
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen
- Ganax, Astral Hunter // Acolyte of Bahamut
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.