---
name: "Wake the Dragon"
mana_cost: "{4}{B}{R}"
cmc: 6
type_line: "Sorcery"
colors: ["B", "R"]
color_identity: ["B", "R"]
keywords: ["Flashback"]
set: "LTC"
set_name: "Tales of Middle-earth Commander"
collector_number: "154"
rarity: "rare"
artist: "Henry Peters"
oracle_id: "cfa5b168-d112-4b92-ac42-8bba30f15d77"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/wake-the-dragon-ltc"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "not_legal"
  pioneer: "not_legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Wake the Dragon
- **Mana Cost:** `{4}{B}{R}` (CMC: 6)
- **Type:** Sorcery
- **Keywords:** Flashback

## Oracle Text
Create a 6/6 black and red Dragon creature token with flying, menace, and "Whenever this token deals combat damage to a player, gain control of target artifact that player controls."
Flashback {6}{B}{R} (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Rite of the Dragoncaller](/printing/rite-of-the-dragoncaller-fdn.md) — Enchantment
2. [Awaken the Sky Tyrant](/printing/awaken-the-sky-tyrant-c15.md) — Enchantment
3. [Death by Dragons](/printing/death-by-dragons-cmd.md) — Sorcery
4. [Backdraft Hellkite](/printing/backdraft-hellkite-2x2.md) — Creature — Dragon
5. [Dragon Roost](/printing/dragon-roost-10e.md) — Enchantment
6. [Dragonbroods' Relic](/printing/dragonbroods-relic-tdm.md) — Artifact

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Tales of Middle-earth Commander (LTC) #154
- **Rarity:** Rare
- **Artist:** Henry Peters
- **Total Printings:** 14 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`