Transcendent Dragon is one of those cards players keep asking about. Here is, in plain words, what its official text says, the rulings published by Wizards of the Coast, and the combos players actually run.
Official card text
Flash Flying When this creature enters, if you cast it, counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard, then you may cast it without paying its mana cost.
How it works : Transcendent Dragon
Original English text — Wizards of the Coast / Scryfall
- #1· Wizards of the Coast
If you wish to cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Transcendent Dragon’s last ability. You can’t wait to cast it later. Timing permissions based on the card’s type are ignored.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #2· Wizards of the Coast
If you cast a spell “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs those must be paid to cast the spell.
No other card is named in this ruling.
- #3· Wizards of the Coast
If a spell has
in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.No other card is named in this ruling.
Popular combos
Real combos played by the community, sorted by popularity.
Fire Lord Azula + Transcendent Dragon + Release to the Wind
- 1Declare Fire Lord Azula as an attacker, triggering its ability, adding
. - 2Holding priority, cast Release to the Wind by paying
. - 3Fire Lord Azula triggers, copying Release to the Wind, targeting Transcendent Dragon.
- 4Resolve the copy of Release to the Wind, exiling Transcendent Dragon with the ability to play it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 5Holding priority, cast Transcendent Dragon from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 6Fire Lord Azula's second ability triggers, copying the Transcendent Dragon spell.
- 7Resolve the copy of the Transcendent Dragon spells. When it enters, it triggers, countering Release to the Wind with the ability to cast it from exile without paying its mana cost.
- 8Resolve the original Transcendent Dragon spell.
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