Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant

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Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant: Legendary Creature - Human Druid, Foundations Commander. When Sarkhan enters, you may behold a Dragon. On Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{1}{R}
Mana value
2
Type
Legendary Creature - Human Druid
Colour identity
Red (R)
Power / toughness
2/2
Rarity
Rare
Set
Foundations Commander (FDC)
Released
2026-10-02
Collector number
172
Artist
Billy Christian
Commander rank
7,381 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Behold, Treasure
Commander
Can be your commander

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About Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant

Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare red legendary creature from Foundations Commander (FDC), released in October 2026. It is collector number 172 in that set, with art by Billy Christian. It costs {1}{R} (one generic and one red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/2 creature. Its colour identity is red. It is legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 3 sets, from Foundations Commander (2024) to Tarkir: Dragonstorm (2025). It can be your commander. The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.31 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

When Sarkhan enters, you may behold a Dragon. If you do, create a Treasure token. (To behold a Dragon, choose a Dragon you control or reveal a Dragon card from your hand.)

Whenever a Dragon you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on Sarkhan. Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a Dragon in addition to his other types and gains flying.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.31 (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 Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

StandardLegal
PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
Standard BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
AlchemyLegal
GladiatorLegal
Penny DreadfulLegal

Other printings of Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant

Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant has been printed in 3 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #118pRare2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Promos (PTDM) #118sRare2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #118Rare2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #302Rare2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #403Mythic2025
Tarkir: Dragonstorm (TDM) #413Mythic2025

Official rulings

Four official rulings apply to Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant, newest first.

  • If a cost to cast a spell includes revealing a card, that card remains revealed from the time the spell is announced until the time it leaves the stack.
  • If a card in your hand is already revealed (perhaps because it was revealed to pay a cost of a spell that’s still on the stack or due to the effect of a card like Telepathy), you may reveal it again to pay the cost of another spell or ability that requires you to reveal a card from your hand.
  • Effects that say “If a [quality] was beheld” only care if a card of that quality was revealed or a permanent you control of that quality was chosen. No matter what happens to that card or permanent after that, it was still beheld, and any additional effects that depend on that card or permanent being beheld will still happen.
  • If an effect refers to a “[subtype] card,” it refers only to a card that has that subtype. For example, Teeming Dragonstorm is a card that cares about Dragons and features Dragons in its art, but it isn’t a Dragon card.

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