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Eternal Dragon

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Eternal Dragon

Comments (11)

Zefyrus
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Apparently self-pleasuring oneself eternally becomes so boring that even our old friend is now looking for weird ways to spicy it up. What can you do, we're all victims of sexuality; even dragon spirits need to get some lovin'.

For those that don't know, it depicts an Ouroboros; a tail-eater in Greek, a snake (or serpent) depicted to eat its own tail. It symbolizes cyclicality, in the sense of something constantly re-creating itself, like the Phoenix. Ain't that dandy.
Die.
Reborn.
Die.
Reborn.
Die.
Reborn.
Die.
disconnect

All levity aside, it's a 5/5 flyer for 7 mana which is "bleh". But it can also thin your deck early by drawing you those nasty plains (or shockl/dual lands) out. It can be discarded and come back to your hand later on, or be summoned as a 5/5 flyer when you need it. He's white, meaning you can clear the table with a Wrath of God and then get this one back on the battlefield again.
I wouldn't say that I like the new art better than the old one (nostalgia gets a bit in the way for me), but regardless, for these reasons, it's a 5/5 card from me, just because it has so many uses and potential for just 1 card.
Jake1991
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (3 votes)
He's such a good utility card.

-His cycling ability offers colour-fixing by fetching ABU Duals and Shocks.
-His cycling ability can fetch Mistveil Plains.
-His cycling ability has a shuffle effect. Refreshes the top of your library for cards like Sensei's Divining Top and Scroll Rack.
-He has great synergy with cards that can repeatedly return creature cards to your hand from the graveyard, like Sword of Light and Shadow.
-He's still a big flier and can hold Equipment like a champ.

I run him in my Eight-and-a-Half-Tails Voltron Commander deck and I'm never disappointed when I draw him.
Kryptnyt
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Times have passed his prime usefulness, but I'll be damned if this isn't the most adorable dragon ever.
lorendorky
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (2 votes)
Excellent insight Zefyrus but I would like to point out the Ouroboros is older than Greece. It came in the 14th century BC in the Enigmatic Book of the Netherworld.
blurrymadness
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Repeatable card advantage comes at a steep price; but it's a big deal for some decks to be able to continue a perpetual ramp. Even better? At 5 mana he ensures that you'll get enough to cast him.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
what are the odds that two MTG cards in a row, I would find comments related to violating oneself, from two different commenters. o.O

IN THE SAME SET and near each other ALPHABETICALLY -_-

Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder and Eternal Dragon, you have officially been:

Enough Internet for Me Today X.X
Cyberium
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0) (2 votes)
Versatility + Timmy + Great Art = Grand Design
MANABURNWASGOOD
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (1 vote)
goes in every one of my white EDH decks. i like him too much. Get him early game, go grab a land, get him late game, play him.

He's never not good.
Goatllama
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0) (1 vote)
"oh gahd why am I biting my own tail, but it tastes so good uuuuugh"
jojojakes
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Kinda looks like Seath the Scaleless.
Phaeoxen
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Simple, elegant, and awesome. Gets you started early, keeps you going late.

...And I like having at least 1 dragon in each of my EDH (commander... pffft...) decks. Call me crazy.