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Phyrexian Dragon Engine

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Dragon Rare
2 printings EDHREC #8,276 Prices updated Aug 9, 2026
BRO #163
$1.06
▲ +$0.06 (+6.0%) 7 days
Price History

Phyrexian Dragon Engine Price Summary

As of Aug 9, 2026, the cheapest tracked printing of Phyrexian Dragon Engine is $1.06 (BRO #163), and the most expensive is $5.46 (PBRO #163s, Prerelease, Foil). The benchmark price (cheapest playable nonfoil) is $1.06, up 6.0% over 7 days, up 17.8% over 30 days, up 16.5% over 90 days. All-time tracked high: $1.72 (2025).

Phyrexian Dragon Engine Printings & Prices

3 variants

Phyrexian Dragon Engine has 2 tracked printings across 2 sets, in nonfoil and foil finishes, including prerelease treatments.

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Sell Phyrexian Dragon Engine: Buylist Offers

3 offers

Card Kingdom currently pays $3.20 cash for PBRO #163s (Foil); the retail-buylist spread on that printing is 60% (wide).

Buyer Printing Finish Cash offer Retail Spread
Card Kingdom PBRO #163s Foil $3.20 $7.99 60%
Card Kingdom BRO #163 Foil $0.45 $1.49 70%
Card Kingdom BRO #163 Nonfoil $0.15 $0.99 85%

Phyrexian Dragon Engine Rules Text & Legality

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Dragon — mana cost {3}

Double strike

When this creature enters from your graveyard, you may discard your hand. If you do, draw three cards.

Unearth {3}{R}{R}

(Melds with Mishra, Claimed by Gix.)

Phyrexian Dragon Engine is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy and Commander, and not legal in Standard and Pauper.

standard
Not legal
pauper
Not legal

Phyrexian Dragon Engine Rulings

5 most recent
  • Oct 14, 2022 A player prompted to name a card may name the combined back face, and each player has the right to know that combined back face's characteristics at all times.
  • Oct 14, 2022 Activating a card's unearth ability isn't the same as casting that card. The unearth ability is put on the stack, but the card is not. Spells and abilities that interact with activated abilities (such as Defabricate's second mode) will interact with unearth, but spells and abilities that interact with spells (such as Scatter Ray) will not.
  • Oct 14, 2022 Although all the cards in The Brothers' War that create Powerstone tokens create a tapped Powerstone token, entering the battlefield tapped isn't part of the token's definition. Notably, if you create a token that is a copy of a Powerstone token, the token copy won't enter the battlefield tapped.
  • Oct 14, 2022 At the beginning of the next end step, a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability, and it can be countered by effects such as Defabricate that counter triggered abilities. If the ability is countered, the permanent will stay on the battlefield and the delayed triggered ability won't trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the permanent if it eventually leaves the battlefield.
  • Oct 14, 2022 If a permanent returned to the battlefield with unearth would leave the battlefield for any reason, it's exiled instead—unless the spell or ability that's causing the permanent to leave the battlefield is actually trying to exile it! In that case, it succeeds at exiling it. If that spell or ability later returns the card to the battlefield (as Static Net might, for example), the permanent card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The unearth effects will no longer apply to it.

Reprints & Reprint Risk

3 printings

Phyrexian Dragon Engine has been reprinted 3 times.

Set Date Rarity Treatment
BRO #163 2022-11-18 Rare Standard
BRO #163 2022-11-18 Rare Standard
PBRO #163s 2022-11-18 Rare Prerelease

Phyrexian Dragon Engine in Commander

Phyrexian Dragon Engine is the #8,276 most-played card on EDHREC, down 112 places over the last 30 days.

Phyrexian Dragon Engine FAQ

How much is Phyrexian Dragon Engine worth?

Phyrexian Dragon Engine is worth about $1.06 for its cheapest playable printing as of Aug 9, 2026. Prices range from $1.06 to $5.46 across 2 tracked printings.

Is Phyrexian Dragon Engine legal in Commander?

Yes — Phyrexian Dragon Engine is legal in Commander. It is also legal in Pioneer, Modern and Legacy.

Has Phyrexian Dragon Engine been reprinted?

Yes — Phyrexian Dragon Engine has been reprinted 3 times, with 2 printings tracked on The Index.

Why is Phyrexian Dragon Engine cheap?

Phyrexian Dragon Engine trades at about $1.06 — 3 reprints keep supply plentiful, and Commander demand is modest (#8,276 on EDHREC).