---
name: "Ebon Dragon"
mana_cost: "{5}{B}{B}"
cmc: 7
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "DRB"
set_name: "From the Vault: Dragons"
collector_number: "6"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Donato Giancola"
oracle_id: "12e4d2bd-83e9-4120-a2e8-0645c0ed2387"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/ebon-dragon-drb"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Ebon Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{5}{B}{B}` (CMC: 7)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 5/4
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, you may have target opponent discard a card.

> *"The dragon wing of night o'erspreads the earth."
—*Troilus and Cressida*, William Shakespeare*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Plundering Predator](/printing/plundering-predator-j22.md) — Creature — Dragon
2. [Ebon Drake](/printing/ebon-drake-5dn.md) — Creature — Drake
3. [Black Dragon](/printing/black-dragon-prm.md) — Creature — Dragon
4. [Abyssal Horror](/printing/abyssal-horror-s99.md) — Creature — Horror
5. [Loch Dragon](/printing/loch-dragon-eld.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Abyssal Specter](/printing/abyssal-specter-dvd.md) — Creature — Specter

## Printing Details
- **Set:** From the Vault: Dragons (DRB) #6
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Donato Giancola
- **Total Printings:** 9 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `not_legal` | Pioneer: `not_legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `legal`