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Animating Faerie // Bring to Life

Creature — Faerie // Sorcery — Adventure

Flying

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Magic Online Promos
Price
—
EDHREC rank
#18583
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Animating Faerie // Bring to Life card art
Animating Faerie // Bring to Life does two things: a 2/2 flying body that animates an artifact on entry, and an Adventure sorcery that does the same trick for three mana before the creature ever hits the battlefield. The combo ceiling with Voltaic Construct — untapping the newly animated artifact to generate infinite mana or activations — is real enough to justify the slot in any artifact-heavy blue deck.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Animating Faerie // Bring to Life earns its keep, specifically in artifact-centric builds that want redundant ways to animate mana rocks or utility permanents for combo turns. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer it's too slow and too narrow — dedicated artifact strategies have better tools, and a 2/2 for three that requires a noncreature artifact in play isn't competing with the efficient threats those formats demand. Vintage has the raw power environment but also the same problem: specialist role, better options. Animating Faerie // Bring to Life is a Commander card, full stop.

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Price Context

Current price

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Pricing data isn't available for Animating Faerie // Bring to Life right now, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current market values before buying. Given its narrow combo role in Commander, expect budget pricing unless it's attached to a popular infinite line — these utility Adventure creatures rarely hold a premium without tournament demand.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.