Aerie Mystics
Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying
: Creatures you control gain shroud until end of turn. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Commander 2013
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #20795
Aerie Mystics gives your entire team protection from instants until end of turn for two mana — a blowout response to targeted removal or a combat trick that invalidates blockers. The cost is the body itself: a 2/3 flyer for 3UW that does nothing without mana up, making it a dedicated reactive piece rather than a threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Aerie Mystics occupies a narrow niche — a five-mana flyer whose activated ability requires holding up two more mana each turn to do its best work, which is a steep ask at a table where something is always happening on every opponent's turn. Legacy, Modern, and Vintage are hostile environments; those formats close out games before a 2/3 body stabilizes anything, and the protection ability doesn't offset that tempo loss. Aerie Mystics is closest to playable in Commander token strategies or go-wide Azorius builds that want a blanket answer to instant-speed removal during combat, but even there it competes with lower-cost permanents that provide the same insurance.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Aerie Mystics is deep bulk — you can pick up a copy without thinking about it. That price reflects demand accurately: this is a narrow role-player that won't appreciate, so treat it as a throwaway inclusion rather than a spec.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.