Dragon Whelp
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
What it does
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. If this ability has been activated four or more times this turn, sacrifice this creature at the beginning of the next end step.
Rulings
4 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2022-09-09
The first three times Dragon Whelp's ability is activated in a turn will do nothing other than give it +1/+0 until end of turn. Any subsequent activations will also cause its delayed triggered ability to trigger. That means if you activate Dragon Whelp's ability five times, for example, two different delayed triggered abilities will trigger at the beginning of the next end step and cause you to sacrifice Dragon Whelp.
- 2022-09-09
If the fourth (or more) time Dragon Whelp's ability is activated during the same turn happens to be during that turn's end step, the delayed triggered ability won't trigger until the beginning of the next turn's end step. You'll have to sacrifice Dragon Whelp at that time.
- 2022-12-08
If the fourth (or subsequent) time Dragon Whelp's ability is activated during the same turn is during that turn's end step, the delayed triggered ability won't trigger until the beginning of the next turn's end step. You'll have to sacrifice Dragon Whelp at that time.
- 2022-12-08
There's no limit to the number of times you can activate Dragon Whelp's ability in a turn. However, the fourth activation in a turn and each subsequent activation will cause a delayed triggered ability that will force you to sacrifice Dragon Whelp at the beginning of the next end step.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Dragon Whelp, whatever its commander.
Dragon Whelp price history
The Foundations Jumpstart #537 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil |
|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | $0.22 |
| Oct 31, 2026 | $0.21 |
| Oct 29, 2026 | $0.20 |
| Oct 25, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 24, 2026 | $0.19 |
| Oct 22, 2026 | $0.18 |
| Oct 14, 2026 | $0.17 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | $0.16 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | $0.15 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.14 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Dragon Whelp
25 printings, newest first. Prices are the market figures Scryfall publishes, refreshed nightly. A printing with no figure shows a dash rather than a zero, because Scryfall publishes none for some of them. Click a card's art to chart that version's price above.
- Normal
- $0.22
- Normal
- $0.05
- Normal
- $0.14
- Foil
- $0.32
- Normal
- $0.31
- Foil
- $0.17
30th Anniversary Edition
- Normal
- $1.50
30th Anniversary Edition
- Normal
- $35.00
- Normal
- $0.21
- Foil
- $0.24
- Normal
- $0.21
- Normal
- $0.33
- Normal
- $0.17
Duel Decks: Knights vs. Dragons
- Normal
- $0.10
Archenemy
- Normal
- $0.23
- Normal
- $0.13
- Foil
- $0.49
From the Vault: Dragons
- Foil
- $0.86
- Normal
- $0.28
- Foil
- $2.79
- Normal
- $0.22
Fourth Edition Foreign Black Border
- Normal
- $7.00
- Normal
- —
- Normal
- $11.70
- Normal
- $0.44
Collectors' Edition
- Normal
- $6.00
Intl. Collectors' Edition
- Normal
- $10.00
- Normal
- $8.38
- Normal
- $82.00
- Normal
- $259.99
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Dragon Whelp. It runs a name search across every version, which covers the printings TCGplayer publishes no direct link to.
Aggregated from Commander games tracked in TurnZero HQ. Every figure counts decks and games only. No individual deck list, player or playgroup is identified. Win rates are withheld below 5 completed games, where the sample is too small to mean anything.
