Hoard-Smelter Dragon
- Mana cost
- {4}{R}{R}
- Type
- Creature — Dragon
- Power / toughness
- 5 / 5
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander #128 (rare)
- Price
- $0.27 USD
Flying
{3}{R}: Destroy target artifact. This creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn, where X is that artifact's mana value.
Hoard-Smelter Dragon has 6 printings, first in Scars of Mirrodin (2010). EDHREC ranks it #9,803 among Commander cards. It appears most in Atarka, World Render decks (2,742 on EDHREC). 5 public decks on TCG run it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Hoard-Smelter Dragon
- Built from Scratch - Commander 2014, led by Daretti, Scrap Savant
- Built from Scratch - Commander Anthology Volume II, led by Daretti, Scrap Savant
- Draconic Destruction - Starter Commander Decks, led by Atarka, World Render
- Draconic Rage - Forgotten Realms Commander, led by Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients
- Lorehold Legacies - Commander 2021, led by Osgir, the Reconstructor
Commanders that run Hoard-Smelter Dragon most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Atarka, World Render: 2,742 decks
- Lathliss, Dragon Queen: 710 decks
- Vrondiss, Rage of Ancients: 501 decks
- Zirilan of the Claw: 101 decks
- Thrakkus the Butcher: 80 decks
- Chandler: 25 decks
- Joven: 8 decks
- Verix Bladewing: 5 decks
Often played with Hoard-Smelter Dragon
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If the mana cost of a permanent includes {X}, that X is considered to be 0.
- : If the targeted artifact is an illegal target by the time the activated ability resolves, the ability doesn't resolve. Hoard-Smelter Dragon won't get the bonus.
- : If the activated ability resolves but the targeted artifact isn't destroyed (perhaps because it has indestructible or it regenerates), Hoard-Smelter Dragon will still get the bonus.