Knollspine Dragon
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
Flying
When this creature enters, you may discard your hand and draw cards equal to the damage dealt to target opponent this turn.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2008-05-01
Knollspine Dragon's ability checks only whether damage was dealt. It doesn't care whether the player's life total also changed for other reasons (such as if the player paid life or gained life). For example, if an opponent was dealt 4 damage and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with — but Knollspine Dragon's ability will let you discard your hand and draw four cards.
- 2008-05-01
This ability counts the total amount of damage (both combat and noncombat) dealt to the targeted opponent by all sources (including ones you controlled and ones you didn't) over the course of the turn. Damage that was prevented or replaced doesn't count. Damage that resolved but didn't cause loss of life (due to Worship, for example) will count.
- 2008-05-01
You target an opponent when the ability triggers. You don't decide whether you want to discard and draw until the ability resolves.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Knollspine Dragon, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Norin, Swift Survivalist | 1 | 0 | — |
| Sauron, Lord of the Rings | 1 | 0 | — |
| Tannuk, Steadfast Second | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Mono-Red 2 decks
- Grixis 1 deck
Every version of Knollspine Dragon
4 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 genuinely publishes none for some of them.
Tales of Middle-earth Commander
- Normal
- $0.38
Game Night: Free-for-All
- Normal
- $0.42
The List
- Normal
- $0.48
Shadowmoor
- Normal
- $1.08
- Foil
- $54.73
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Knollspine Dragon — a name search across every version, for 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.