---
name: "Purifying Dragon"
mana_cost: "{3}{R}{R}"
cmc: 5
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["R"]
color_identity: ["R"]
keywords: ["Flying"]
set: "MID"
set_name: "Innistrad: Midnight Hunt"
collector_number: "155"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Zezhou Chen"
oracle_id: "a45762af-4aac-40b3-a983-ea441b04c5ee"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/purifying-dragon-mid"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Purifying Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{3}{R}{R}` (CMC: 5)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Flying

## Oracle Text
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, it deals 1 damage to target creature defending player controls. If that creature is a Zombie, this creature deals 2 damage to it instead.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forgestoker Dragon](/printing/forgestoker-dragon-prm.md) — Creature — Dragon
2. [Hellkite Whelp](/printing/hellkite-whelp-grn.md) — Creature — Dragon
3. [Scourge of Kher Ridges](/printing/scourge-of-kher-ridges-fut.md) — Creature — Dragon
4. [Mordant Dragon](/printing/mordant-dragon-scd.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Tyrant of Kher Ridges](/printing/tyrant-of-kher-ridges-pbro.md) — Creature — Dragon
6. [Harbinger of the Hunt](/printing/harbinger-of-the-hunt-pdtk.md) — Creature — Dragon

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Innistrad: Midnight Hunt (MID) #155
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Zezhou Chen
- **Total Printings:** 13 across all historical editions

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