Desert Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal
- Price
- $0.26
- EDHREC rank
- #30932
Desert Drake is a 3/2 flyer for four mana with a Desert-matters upside that rarely justifies the slot — the body is undersized and the ability too narrow for most tables. Unless you're deep in a dedicated Desert synergy build, there are strictly better options at this cost.
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 |
Desert Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status doesn't translate to relevance in any of them. In Commander it's a fringe inclusion for Desert-tribal builds only — outside that niche, a 3/2 flyer for four is well below rate in a format where every slot competes against staples. Legacy and Vintage wouldn't touch it; those formats demand immediate and overwhelming impact, which Desert Drake doesn't provide. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander at a smaller scale, and the Desert synergy angle rarely survives the tighter deck construction that format demands.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.26 bulk tier
At $0.26, Desert Drake sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card that fills a draft common slot and rarely escapes the bulk bin. It holds no speculative value, and supply far outpaces demand, so the price reflects exactly what it is.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.