Air Bladder
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature has flying.
Enchanted creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #26887
Air Bladder gives a creature flying and +0/+1 for one mana as a continuous Aura — cheap, but narrow, and easily answered with any removal that hits the enchanted creature. It's a combat trick stapled to a vulnerability, and most formats have better ways to push through damage.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Air Bladder sees the most plausible play in Pauper, where the card pool is shallow enough that a one-mana flying enabler can matter in aggressive or tempo builds. In Commander, it's essentially unplayable — spending a card slot on a single-creature buff that disappears with a Fatal Push or a board wipe is a losing proposition at a 100-card, four-player table. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; neither format is looking for what Air Bladder does at any price.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Air Bladder is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'd ever buy it singles. The price reflects the demand accurately and isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.