Transcendent Dragon
- Mana cost
- {4}{U}{U}
- Type
- Creature — Dragon
- Power / toughness
- 4 / 3
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander #22 (rare)
- Price
- $0.37 USD
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard, then you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
Transcendent Dragon has 2 printings, first in Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). EDHREC ranks it #7,067 among Commander cards. It appears most in Shiko and Narset, Unified decks (2,866 on EDHREC). 1 public deck on TCG runs it. It has 3 official rulings.
Legality
- commander: legal
- legacy: legal
- vintage: legal
- pauper: not legal
- modern: not legal
- pioneer: not legal
- standard: not legal
- brawl: not legal
Public decks that run Transcendent Dragon
- Jeskai Striker - Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander, led by Shiko and Narset, Unified
Commanders that run Transcendent Dragon most
Deck counts from EDHREC.
- Shiko and Narset, Unified: 2,866 decks
- Sivitri, Dragon Master: 809 decks
- Chromium, the Mutable: 368 decks
- Korlessa, Scale Singer: 292 decks
- Silumgar, the Drifting Death: 192 decks
- Sarkhan, Soul Aflame: 173 decks
- Nymris, Oona's Trickster: 154 decks
- Taigam, Ojutai Master: 94 decks
Often played with Transcendent Dragon
Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.
Rulings
- : If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
- : If you wish to cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Transcendent Dragon’s last ability. You can’t wait to cast it later. Timing permissions based on the card’s type are ignored.
- : If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs those must be paid to cast the spell.