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Deceptive Frostkite

Creature — Dragon

Flying
You may have this creature enter as a copy of a creature you control with power 4 or greater, except it's a Dragon in addition to its other types and it has flying.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Tarkir: Dragonstorm Commander
Price
$2.05
EDHREC rank
#4051
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Deceptive Frostkite card art
Deceptive Frostkite lets you cheat a Dragon into play by bouncing it back to hand — the ETB trigger fires again, and you paid next to nothing extra for the loop. Bladewing the Risen reanimating from the graveyard is strong; Deceptive Frostkite making that reanimation repeatable on demand is the upgrade. Ureni of the Unwritten builds around exactly this pattern, which is why the card shows up in nearly every Ureni list built.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ureni of the Unwritten

Ureni of the Unwritten

75.8% of decks · synergy 0.65

Ureni of the Unwritten is built around replaying Dragons from the top of the library, and Deceptive Frostkite is the bounce engine that lets Ureni fire that trigger over and over in a single turn.

02
Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

56.0% of decks · synergy 0.54

Gyruda, Doom of Depths mills and reanimates even-cost creatures in a loop, and Deceptive Frostkite's even mana cost makes it a legal target while also serving as the reset button that keeps the engine churning.

03
Sivitri, Dragon Master

Sivitri, Dragon Master

42.0% of decks · synergy 0.41

Sivitri, Dragon Master tutors Dragons directly onto the battlefield, so Deceptive Frostkite acts as a reusable bounce piece that lets Sivitri retrigger those enters-the-battlefield effects each combat.

04
Hidetsugu and Kairi

Hidetsugu and Kairi

37.0% of decks · synergy 0.35

Hidetsugu and Kairi wants to die and return, and Deceptive Frostkite slots in as a low-cost Dragon that can reset the commander back to hand when the situation calls for it.

05
Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm

29.9% of decks · synergy 0.19

Miirym, Sentinel Wyrm creates token copies of every Dragon that enters, so bouncing Deceptive Frostkite and replaying it generates additional token triggers with minimal mana investment.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Commander is where Deceptive Frostkite actually does work — Dragon tribal synergies, ETB loops, and reanimation engines are all Commander staples, and the Frostkite plugs into every one of them. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but functionally irrelevant; those formats don't support the slow, value-accumulation shell this card needs. Oathbreaker is the one non-Commander format worth mentioning, where Dragon-focused spellshapers can trigger Deceptive Frostkite's loop in a compressed game — still niche, but coherent.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$2.05 cheap tier

At $2.05, Deceptive Frostkite sits in the sweet spot where it's cheap enough to slot into a budget build without hesitation, but specific enough in function that demand stays tied to Dragon tribal. It's not a card that spikes on speculation — its price reflects genuine, steady play in Ureni and Miirym lists rather than hype.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.