---
name: "Lightning Dragon"
mana_cost: "{2}{R}{R}"
cmc: 4
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Echo", "Flying"]
set: "USG"
set_name: "Urza's Saga"
collector_number: "202"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Ron Spencer"
oracle_id: "be0fc708-b205-4307-85f3-f8fd1efd4cf6"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/lightning-dragon-usg"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "legal"
---

# Lightning Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{2}{R}{R}` (CMC: 4)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/4
- **Keywords:** Echo, Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Echo {2}{R}{R} (At the beginning of your upkeep, if this came under your control since the beginning of your last upkeep, sacrifice it unless you pay its echo cost.)
{R}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Basalt Gargoyle](/printing/basalt-gargoyle-tsr.md) — Creature — Gargoyle
2. [Uktabi Drake](/printing/uktabi-drake-tsr.md) — Creature — Drake
3. [Dragon Whelp](/printing/dragon-whelp-cei.md) — Creature — Dragon
4. [Dragon Hatchling](/printing/dragon-hatchling-bbd.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Fire Drake](/printing/fire-drake-me3.md) — Creature — Drake
6. [Flamecore Elemental](/printing/flamecore-elemental-tsp.md) — Creature — Elemental

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Urza's Saga (USG) #202
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Ron Spencer
- **Total Printings:** 13 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`