Dawnfluke
Creature — Elemental
Flash
When this creature enters, prevent the next 3 damage that would be dealt to any target this turn.
Evoke 
(You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24741
Dawnfluke is a bulk common with negligible competitive impact — a small lifelink creature whose stats and ability don't clear the bar for inclusion in any serious list. The cost to play it is an opportunity cost: every slot it occupies is a slot not filled by a card that actually closes games or solves problems.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dawnfluke is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it faces a common-only field where even fringe playables need to do something redundant or broken — Dawnfluke does neither. In Commander the lifelink body is too small to matter at a 40-life table where threats scale into the dozens of power. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; those formats don't register a card like this at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Dawnfluke sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — there's no realistic demand driver that would move the needle. Pick it up only if a very specific casual or budget build needs the exact text, which is an unlikely ask.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.