---
name: "Transcendent Dragon"
mana_cost: "{4}{U}{U}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Creature — Dragon"
colors: ["U"]
color_identity: ["U"]
keywords: ["Flying", "Flash"]
set: "TDC"
set_name: "Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander"
collector_number: "22"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Diego Gisbert"
oracle_id: "e83a629e-2d74-48e2-ad4d-f390067cc51a"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/transcendent-dragon-tdc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Transcendent Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{U}{U}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Creature — Dragon
- **Power/Toughness:** 4/3
- **Keywords:** Flying, Flash

## Oracle Text
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, if you cast it, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard, then you may cast it without paying its mana cost.

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Draining Whelk](/printing/draining-whelk-tsr.md) — Creature — Illusion
2. [Skyline Predator](/printing/skyline-predator-rtr.md) — Creature — Drake
3. [Spire Monitor](/printing/spire-monitor-nph.md) — Creature — Phyrexian Drake
4. [Hypersonic Dragon](/printing/hypersonic-dragon-prm.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Spell Queller](/printing/spell-queller-sir.md) — Creature — Spirit
6. [Spiketail Drake](/printing/spiketail-drake-pcy.md) — Creature — Drake

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC) #22
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Diego Gisbert
- **Total Printings:** 10 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: `not_legal`