Knollspine Dragon
Knollspine Dragon: Creature - Dragon, Shadowmoor. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {5}{R}{R}
- Mana value
- 7
- Type
- Creature - Dragon
- Colour identity
- Red (R)
- Power / toughness
- 7/5
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Shadowmoor (SHM)
- Released
- 2008-05-02
- Collector number
- 98
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Commander rank
- 4,447 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Knollspine Dragon
Knollspine Dragon is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red creature from Shadowmoor (SHM), an expansion set released in May 2008. It is collector number 98 in that set, with art by Steve Prescott. It costs {5}{R}{R} (five generic and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 7. It is a 7/5 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, PreDH and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 4 sets, from Shadowmoor (2008) to Tales of Middle-earth Commander (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.99 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-03).
Card text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may discard your hand and draw cards equal to the damage dealt to target opponent this turn.
It woke to find a vast world in need of a master.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.99 (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 Knollspine Dragon by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Modern | Legal |
|---|---|
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| PreDH | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Knollspine Dragon
Knollspine Dragon has been printed in 4 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #224 | Rare | 2023 |
| Game Night: Free-for-All (GN3) #82 | Rare | 2022 |
| The List (PLST) #SHM-98 | Rare | 2019 |
Official rulings
Three official rulings apply to Knollspine Dragon, newest first.
- Knollspine Dragon's ability checks only whether damage was dealt. It doesn't care whether the player's life total also changed for other reasons (such as if the player paid life or gained life). For example, if an opponent was dealt 4 damage and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with - but Knollspine Dragon's ability will let you discard your hand and draw four cards.
- This ability counts the total amount of damage (both combat and noncombat) dealt to the targeted opponent by all sources (including ones you controlled and ones you didn't) over the course of the turn. Damage that was prevented or replaced doesn't count. Damage that resolved but didn't cause loss of life (due to Worship, for example) will count.
- You target an opponent when the ability triggers. You don't decide whether you want to discard and draw until the ability resolves.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Knollspine Dragon is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.