Dragonlord Atarka
Dragonlord Atarka: Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{R}{G}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Legendary Creature - Elder Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red and green (RG)
- Power / toughness
- 8/8
- Rarity
- Mythic
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
- Released
- 2025-04-11
- Collector number
- 285
- Artist
- Karl Kopinski
- Commander rank
- 4,562 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying, Trample
- Commander
- Can be your commander
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About Dragonlord Atarka
Dragonlord Atarka is a Magic: The Gathering card, a mythic rare red and green legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 285 in that set, with art by Karl Kopinski. It costs {5}{R}{G} (five generic, one red and one green mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 8/8 creature. Its colour identity is red and green. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 7 sets, from Dragons of Tarkir (2015) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.69 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying, trample
When Dragonlord Atarka enters, it deals 5 damage divided as you choose among any number of target creatures and/or planeswalkers your opponents control.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.69 (as of 2026-11-03).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Dragonlord Atarka by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Dragonlord Atarka
Dragonlord Atarka has been printed in 7 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer Masters (PIO) #216 | Mythic | 2024 |
| 30th Anniversary Play Promos (P30A) #23 | Mythic | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #DTK-216 | Mythic | 2021 |
| Dragons of Tarkir (DTK) #216 | Mythic | 2015 |
| Dragons of Tarkir Promos (PDTK) #216s | Mythic | 2015 |
Official rulings
Two official rulings apply to Dragonlord Atarka, newest first.
- If some of the targets are illegal targets as the ability tries to resolve, the original division of damage still applies but no damage is dealt to the illegal targets. If all targets are illegal, the ability doesn’t resolve.
- You choose how many targets the ability has and how the damage is divided as you put the ability on the stack. Each target must receive at least 1 damage.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red and green colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Dragonlord Atarka is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.
- Temur Roar (TDC), led by Eshki, Temur's Roar