Aven Farseer
Creature — Bird Soldier
Flying
Whenever a permanent is turned face up, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Scourge
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28994
Aven Farseer is a fragile, low-impact flier that asks you to run a counters-matter theme just to become a mediocre beater. The cost — both in mana and in deck-building constraints — far exceeds what a 1/1 that might grow into a 3/3 is worth in Commander.
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 |
In Commander, Aven Farseer is too slow and too conditional to earn a slot — a 1/1 flier for two that scales only if your commander has counters on it competes for space against creatures that generate immediate value. Pauper is its best home in theory, where low-power commons with evasion and an equipment or +1/+1 counters shell could make it passable filler, though it still underperforms relative to other two-drops in the format. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats are too efficient for Aven Farseer to matter. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander's verdict — synergy-dependent stats on a vanilla body don't justify the inclusion.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Aven Farseer is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a trade binder indefinitely. There's no demand pressure that would move this off the floor, so treat it as filler and nothing more.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.