Is Cid, Freeflier Pilot good in Commander?

Cid, Freeflier Pilot in Commander — Combos, Decks & Price

Cid, Freeflier Pilot is a vehicle-and-artifact synergy engine that puts real stats on board while generating card advantage — the cost is a three-mana investment that pays off only if you're already leaning into those themes. Run it in Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER or any artifact-matters shell; ignore it everywhere else.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER

79.0% of decks · synergy 0.71

Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER appears in nearly 80% of Cid, Freeflier Pilot decks for good reason — Cid's ability to crew and generate value off vehicles slots directly into the artifact and vehicle synergies that Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER rewards, turning every combat step into additional resources.

02

Miles "Tails" Prower

71.3% of decks · synergy 0.69

Miles "Tails" Prower builds around artifacts and mechanical creatures, making Cid, Freeflier Pilot a natural fit that contributes both as a crew enabler and a value piece whenever artifacts enter or activate.

03

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary

59.3% of decks · synergy 0.55

Cloud, Midgar Mercenary rewards assembling vehicle and equipment synergies, and Cid, Freeflier Pilot pulls double duty as both a crewer and a card-advantage source inside that engine.

04

Noctis, Heir Apparent

52.1% of decks · synergy 0.51

Noctis, Heir Apparent decks lean on artifact and vehicle payoffs, and Cid, Freeflier Pilot slots in as consistent support that generates incremental advantage without competing for the deck's top-end slots.

05

Kolodin, Triumph Caster

43.8% of decks · synergy 0.40

Kolodin, Triumph Caster values artifacts that generate ongoing value, and Cid, Freeflier Pilot's combination of a relevant body and triggered card draw fits cleanly into what that commander is trying to assemble.

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	not legal
oathbreaker	legal

Commander is where Cid, Freeflier Pilot actually lives — artifact and vehicle commanders give it a dedicated shell, and the 100-card singleton environment means the redundancy it provides in those strategies is genuinely useful. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but competes against a card pool where three mana for this effect is too slow and too narrow to see play. Oathbreaker is the one other format worth mentioning, where a vehicle-focused planeswalker pairing could make Cid, Freeflier Pilot a reasonable roleplayer. Outside Commander, don't bother.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.70 cheap tier

At $1.70, Cid, Freeflier Pilot sits in the cheap tier — affordable enough that it's a low-stakes include in any eligible deck. Demand is tied almost entirely to Final Fantasy Commander product and the Cloud, Ex-SOLDIER wave, so the price reflects casual play interest rather than any competitive pull.