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Ancient Copper Dragon

Creature — Elder Dragon4 generic manaRed manaRed mana

The d20 roll is the point, and it is engineered to feel greedy rather than random. Even a botched connection nets a single Treasure, the ceiling mints twenty, and the spread averages out to roughly ten and a half tokens per hit. That is a ramp payoff sized for one clean swing: land the trigger once and you have already crossed the threshold where the following turn can end the game. It belongs to a cycle of Elder Dragons built around rolling a d20, and where much of that cycle uses the die to smooth variance on a spell you cast, this one uses it to launch ramp into absurd territory the instant combat damage lands. The Treasure it produces is the flexible kind: any color, an artifact for cost reduction, sacrifice fodder for an outlet, or just raw mana. The card's honesty comes entirely from the combat requirement. Nothing happens until a player takes damage, so the trigger is fragile in a specific way: it is a 6/5 flier that most opponents cannot block, but a well-timed removal spell, a blocker with flying, or a Fog-style effect keeps the engine cold. The narrow window is what balances the ceiling. Answer it before it swings and the roll never happens; leave it unanswered for one turn and it routinely hands you enough mana to close the game.

Ancient Copper Dragon (hbg)
HBG · #174mythic
Pricing
Normal: $142.40
Foil: $193.59
Oracle Text

Rules text

Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, roll a d20. You create a number of Treasure tokens equal to the result.
Legalities

Format Status

Standard
N/A
Pioneer
N/A
Modern
N/A
Legacy
Legal
Vintage
Legal
Commander
Legal
Pauper
N/A
Brawl
Legal
Historic
Legal
Alchemy
N/A
Timeless
Legal
Standard Brawl
N/A
More formats
Old School
N/A
Premodern
N/A
PreDH
N/A
Pauper Commander
N/A
Oathbreaker
Legal
Gladiator
Legal
Penny Dreadful
N/A
Duel Commander
Legal
Future Standard
N/A
COMPETITIVEBRAWL
Legal
TLR
N/A
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