Talk:Game Updates/@comment-96.57.119.82-20120517133146/@comment-4610180-20120517195246

I think they almost certainly will cost gems. The dragons I mean. No dragon save for basic dragons ever release with a dragoncash cost. Even the epics cost gems. BUT, these dragons are all breedable, so you don't even have to pay attention to the gem costs, really.

So that's my guess. The dragons will have a higher than normal gem cost, perhaps not as high as the epics, but it will be breedable, most likely challenging to do so. Just because the dragon generates its own gems does not necessarily mean that it will not cost gems. Backflip is pretty generous, but I couldn't see them just giving a gem dragon away like that.

Not sure why high gem cost = driving people away from the game. Look how much Sun/Moon/Rainbow cost in gems. Does that drive people away from the game? Hardly. If the dragons are breedable through normal means, then a high gem cost will mean absolutely nothing.