Verix Bladewing

Legendary Creature — Dragon

Kicker {3} (You may pay an additional {3} as you cast this spell.)

Flying

When Verix Bladewing enters, if it was kicked, create Karox Bladewing, a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying.

4 / 4

KickerFlying

Set: Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander (TDC #243)
Rarity: Mythic
Mana value: 4
Released: 2025-04-11
Artist: XiaoDi Jin
EDHREC rank: #9,057
Colour identity
Finishes: Nonfoil
Served from: Local database

Commander bracket

1 +

Fits any bracket

No Game Changer, land denial, extra turns or two-card combos.

Derived from card traits, not a ruling — bracket rules turn on how a deck intends to use a card. Bracket rules

EDHREC

Salt Score 0.06

How much players resent seeing this card. The scale tops out around 3.1.

Can be your commander

Combos

Not part of any combo on Commander Spellbook.

Commander recommendations

Top synergy 50

Played far more in this commander's decks than elsewhere.

Dragonstorm Globe 75 %+73.2 %
Spit Flame 67 %+65.1 %
Crucible of Fire 63 %+61.4 %
Breaching Dragonstorm 63 %+60.7 %
Dragon Tempest 63 %+59.8 %
Dragon's Hoard 60 %+56.5 %
Dragonmaster Outcast 60 %+55.8 %
Glorybringer 57 %+55.8 %
Dragon's Fire 57 %+55.4 %
Sarkhan's Triumph 57 %+55.1 %
Lathliss, Dragon Queen 57 %+53.4 %
Dragonlord's Servant 57 %+53.3 %
Dragon Egg 53 %+52.8 %
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind 53 %+50.4 %
Dragon Mage 53 %+49.3 %
Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern 50 %+49.2 %
Smaug, the Great Calamity 50 %+49.2 %
Smaug's Fury 50 %+49.1 %
Firespitter Whelp 52 %+48.7 %
Rapacious Dragon 50 %+46.5 %
Ganax, Astral Hunter 50 %+45.9 %
Dragonspeaker Shaman 47 %+43.3 %
Desert Were-Worm 50 %+42.9 %
Opportunistic Dragon 43 %+42.6 %
Sarkhan the Masterless 43 %+42.4 %
Spawn of Thraxes 43 %+41.0 %
Patron of the Arts 43 %+40.3 %
Nesting Dragon 40 %+38.5 %
Reckless Barbarian 40 %+36.9 %
Scourge of Valkas 40 %+36.8 %
Earthquake 40 %+36.3 %
Shivan Dragon 37 %+36.0 %
Sarkhan, Fireblood 37 %+35.3 %
Orb of Dragonkind 37 %+35.2 %
Thunderbreak Regent 37 %+34.5 %
Sarkhan, Dragon Ascendant 35 %+33.5 %
Rorix Bladewing 33 %+33.2 %
Dragonkin Berserker 33 %+33.0 %
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 40 %+31.6 %
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky 37 %+30.1 %
Dragon Cultist 30 %+29.3 %
Chaos Dragon 30 %+28.8 %
Ryusei, the Falling Star 30 %+28.7 %
Skyline Despot 30 %+28.1 %
Everflowing Chalice 33 %+28.0 %
Wayfarer's Bauble 40 %+26.5 %
Young Red Dragon 27 %+26.2 %
Breath Weapon 27 %+26.1 %
Outpost Siege 33 %+26.0 %
Nogi, Draco-Zealot 27 %+25.4 %

Most included 50

Highest share of decks running them, distinctive or not.

Mountain 100 %+5.1 %
Sol Ring 77 %-7.5 %
Dragonstorm Globe 75 %+73.2 %
Spit Flame 67 %+65.1 %
Dragon Tempest 63 %+59.8 %
Crucible of Fire 63 %+61.4 %
Breaching Dragonstorm 63 %+60.7 %
Dragonmaster Outcast 60 %+55.8 %
Dragon's Hoard 60 %+56.5 %
Dragonlord's Servant 57 %+53.3 %
Dragon's Fire 57 %+55.4 %
Glorybringer 57 %+55.8 %
Sarkhan's Triumph 57 %+55.1 %
Lathliss, Dragon Queen 57 %+53.4 %
Arcane Signet 57 %-3.9 %
Dragon Mage 53 %+49.3 %
Chaos Warp 53 %-7.6 %
Dragon Egg 53 %+52.8 %
Blasphemous Act 53 %-0.4 %
Carnelian Orb of Dragonkind 53 %+50.4 %
Firespitter Whelp 52 %+48.7 %
Smaug's Fury 50 %+49.1 %
Rapacious Dragon 50 %+46.5 %
Burn, Burn, Tree and Fern 50 %+49.2 %
Ganax, Astral Hunter 50 %+45.9 %
Desert Were-Worm 50 %+42.9 %
Abrade 50 %+7.7 %
Smaug, the Great Calamity 50 %+49.2 %
Mind Stone 47 %+16.3 %
Dragonspeaker Shaman 47 %+43.3 %
Fire Diamond 47 %+23.6 %
Patron of the Arts 43 %+40.3 %
Opportunistic Dragon 43 %+42.6 %
Spawn of Thraxes 43 %+41.0 %
Sarkhan the Masterless 43 %+42.4 %
Reckless Barbarian 40 %+36.9 %
Earthquake 40 %+36.3 %
Ruby Medallion 40 %-16.9 %
Wayfarer's Bauble 40 %+26.5 %
Scourge of Valkas 40 %+36.8 %
Nesting Dragon 40 %+38.5 %
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames 40 %+31.6 %
Thrill of Possibility 37 %+3.7 %
Orb of Dragonkind 37 %+35.2 %
Sarkhan, Fireblood 37 %+35.3 %
Lightning Bolt 37 %+0.6 %
Atsushi, the Blazing Sky 37 %+30.1 %
Shivan Dragon 37 %+36.0 %
Thunderbreak Regent 37 %+34.5 %
Myriad Landscape 37 %+13.5 %

Format legality

Standard Not legal

Pioneer Legal

Modern Legal

Legacy Legal

Vintage Legal

Pauper Not legal

Commander Legal

Oathbreaker Legal

Duel Commander Legal

Brawl Legal

Standard Brawl Not legal

Historic Legal

Timeless Legal

Alchemy Not legal

Penny Legal

Premodern Not legal

PreDH Not legal

Pauper EDH Not legal

Old School Not legal

Future Not legal

Gladiator Legal

All printings Scryfall ↗Gatherer ↗Edhrec ↗

Rulings

2018-04-27
Verix Bladewing features a new template for creating legendary tokens. It's functionally identical to the text "create a legendary 4/4 red Dragon creature token with flying named Karox Bladewing."
2024-11-08
If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
2024-11-08
If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
2024-11-08
If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
2024-11-08
If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
2024-11-08
The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
2024-11-08
To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.