Argothian Pixies
Creature — Faerie
This creature can't be blocked by artifact creatures.
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by artifact creatures.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #29420
Argothian Pixies blocks artifact creatures without dying and can't be blocked by them — a narrow protection clause that mattered in specific metas and means almost nothing now. A 2/1 for two mana with conditional evasion has been outclassed by decades of green creatures that do more for the same cost.
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 |
Argothian Pixies is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 2/1 for two with artifact creature protection is irrelevant — green has no shortage of better two-drops, and the ability only matters if an opponent is running artifact creatures that want to block. In Pauper, where the card is technically eligible, it doesn't see play because the protection clause is too situational to build around. Legacy and Vintage have formats so powerful that Argothian Pixies doesn't register.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data isn't available for Argothian Pixies in this context, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current listings. Given it sees no competitive play in any format, copies are likely available as bulk commons or uncommons with minimal demand.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.