Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge: Legendary Creature - Dragon, Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander. Printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost: {2}{R}
Mana value: 3
Type: Legendary Creature - Dragon
Colour identity: Red (R)
Power / toughness: 5/4
Rarity: Rare
Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC)
Released: 2025-04-11
Collector number: 214
Artist: Daarken
Commander rank: 3,923 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords: Flying, Treasure
Commander: Can be your commander

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About Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary creature from Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC), a Commander product released in April 2025. It is collector number 214 in that set, with art by Daarken. It costs {2}{R} (two generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 5/4 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Core Set 2021 (2020) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.37 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Gadrak can't attack unless you control four or more artifacts.

At the beginning of your end step, create a Treasure token for each nontoken creature that died this turn. (It's an artifact with "{T}, Sacrifice this token: Add one mana of any color.")

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.37 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge 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 Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

Printing	Rarity	Year
Jumpstart 2022 (J22) #538	Rare	2022
Magic Online Promos (PRM) #81966	Rare	2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #146	Rare	2020
Core Set 2021 (M21) #367	Rare	2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #146p	Rare	2020
Core Set 2021 Promos (PM21) #146s	Rare	2020

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge, newest first.

2020-06-23 Gadrak's last ability counts creatures that died during the entire turn, even ones that died before Gadrak entered the battlefield.
2020-06-23 Once Gadrak has attacked, it will remain an attacking creature even if you no longer control four or more artifacts.

Similar cards

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In these precons

Gadrak, the Crown-Scourge is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

Temur Roar (TDC), led by Eshki, Temur's Roar