Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
Tracked across real Commander games played through TurnZero HQ.
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What it does
+1: Until end of turn, Sarkhan becomes a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature with flying, indestructible, and haste. (He doesn't lose loyalty while he's not a planeswalker.)
−3: Sarkhan deals 4 damage to target creature.
−6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of your draw step, draw two additional cards" and "At the beginning of your end step, discard your hand."
Combos with Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
The lines this card is part of, what it needs alongside it, and what the cards do together. An infinite result is the one that moves a deck's bracket.
- Ratadrabik of Urborg Ashnod's Altar Infinite
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite colorless mana
- Aerie Ouphes Grumgully, the Generous Infinite
- Infinite damage to some creatures
- Infinite death triggers
- Infinite creature ETB
- Infinite creature LTB
- Infinite creature sacrifice triggers
Combo data from Commander Spellbook, the community-maintained database of Magic combos. Mirrored nightly.
Rulings
3 official rulings, in the order Wizards published them.
- 2014-09-20
If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of Sarkhan after his first ability has resolved, the copy will be a Sarkhan planeswalker. It will enter the battlefield with four loyalty counters, no matter how many loyalty counters are on the original Sarkhan. You'll then find yourself in the same situation described above.
- 2014-09-20
If Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker becomes a creature due to his first ability, that doesn't count as having a creature enter the battlefield. Sarkhan was already on the battlefield; he only changed his types. Abilities that trigger whenever a creature enters the battlefield won't trigger.
- 2014-09-20
Any loyalty counters on Sarkhan when his first ability resolves will remain on him while he's a creature. Because he's not a planeswalker at this time, damage dealt to him won't cause those counters to be removed.
Rulings are Wizards of the Coast's own, mirrored from Scryfall and refreshed nightly.
In the 99
Every deck whose current list includes Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker, whatever its commander.
Most played under
| Commander | Decks | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atarka, World Render | 1 | 0 | — |
Colors it shows up in
- Gruul 1 deck
Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker price history
The Khans of Tarkir #119 printing, as Scryfall reports the TCGplayer market. Updated nightly. Click any version below to chart its price.
Every recorded price change
| Date | Non-foil | Foil |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2026 | $0.63 | $2.53 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | $0.63 | $2.53 |
| Sep 28, 2026 | $0.64 | $2.53 |
A row is recorded only on nights the price moved, so each price held until the row above it.
Every version of Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker
3 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.
Starter Commander Decks
- Normal
- $0.31
- Normal
- $0.42
Khans of Tarkir
- Normal
- $0.63
- Foil
- $2.53
Prices from Scryfall, which tracks the TCGplayer and Cardmarket markets. They move daily and are a guide rather than a quote. Search TCGplayer for Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker. 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.
