Aven Eternal
Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior
Flying
When this creature enters, amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1 counter on an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #16969
Aven Eternal enters as a 2/2 flier and immediately hands you a 1/1 Zombie token — two bodies for three mana is the whole pitch. In Geralf, the Fleshwright decks that want cheap blue creatures to fuel a Zombie engine, that enters-the-battlefield trigger is the reason it shows up at all.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Geralf, the Fleshwright
Geralf, the Fleshwright cares about casting blue creatures to manufacture Zombies, and Aven Eternal delivers a free token the moment it hits the battlefield — one cast doing double duty on the creature count Geralf needs to snowball.
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 |
Aven Eternal is a bulk roleplayer in Commander and largely invisible everywhere else. In Commander, it earns its slot exclusively in Zombie tribal or Geralf, the Fleshwright builds where the token has tribal upside — outside that context, three mana for a 2/2 and a 1/1 is below rate for a 100-card singleton format. In Pauper it's legal but has no competitive home; the floor on aggressive blue creatures is higher than what Aven Eternal offers. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer are the same story — the effect doesn't scale to those formats' threat density.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Aven Eternal is deep bulk — pick it up for pocket change whenever you're sleeving a Zombie tribal build. Bulk commons and uncommons at this price point don't meaningfully fluctuate, so there's no timing consideration here.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.