Arborea Pegasus
Creature — Pegasus
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gets +1/+1 and gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.20
- EDHREC rank
- #20827
Arborea Pegasus puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control whenever it attacks — cheap, repeatable, and immediate on the board. The cost is a three-mana 2/2 with flying, a body that only earns its slot if you're already building around counters, which is exactly why Thurid, Mare of Destiny decks run it at a 27% clip.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny rewards you for stacking counters on multiple creatures, and Arborea Pegasus delivers one every combat step for free — it's the exact repeatable counter drip the engine wants without spending a card or mana to activate.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Arborea Pegasus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but competitive non-rotating formats won't touch it — a 2/2 flier for three that trickles out counters one at a time can't keep pace with the threats and removal those formats demand. Pauper is the only non-Commander format where it's plausibly playable, and even there it needs a dedicated counters shell to justify the slot. Commander is where Arborea Pegasus actually lives, specifically in go-wide or +1/+1 counter decks that can trigger it multiple times per turn cycle through combat steps and attack triggers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.20 bulk tier
At $0.20, Arborea Pegasus is bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the card. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point rarely climb unless they land in a pushed precon or find a broken interaction, so pick it up for the deck that wants it and don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.