Air Response Unit
Artifact — Vehicle
Flying, vigilance
Crew 1 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 1 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #17816
Air Response Unit is a payoff card for artifact and token strategies — it rewards going wide with a relevant keyword package and a body that scales with your board. Miles "Tails" Prower is its natural home, where the artifact synergies line up cleanly and the Unit earns its slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Miles "Tails" Prower
Miles "Tails" Prower's artifact-centric engine turns Air Response Unit into a reliable payoff — the synergy between the commander's artifact theme and the Unit's scaling means it shows up in roughly 13% of Tails decks for good reason.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Air Response Unit is a role-player in artifact and go-wide token builds — not a staple, but a solid inclusion where the synergies are live. In constructed formats like Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, it sits on the fringe: the effect is real, but the competition at its mana cost is fierce enough that it rarely makes the cut outside dedicated synergy shells. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it; the power bar there is simply too high. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read — playable in the right shell, invisible outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Air Response Unit is pure bulk — you're picking it up for the effect, not fighting any price barrier. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't hold or gain value, so buy it if you want it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Miles "Tails" Prower
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.