Diamond Faerie
Snow Creature — Faerie
Flying
: Snow creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. ( can be paid with one mana from a snow source.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GUW
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.75
- EDHREC rank
- #19097
Diamond Faerie pumps your entire snow team and gives each creature flying — on demand, for one mana per creature, at instant speed. The cost is a six-mana 3/3 with no enters-the-battlefield effect, so you're paying a steep rate for a static anthem that only fires when you can keep mana up. In any deck built around Isu the Abominable, that cost pays off; everywhere else, it's marginal.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Isu the Abominable
Isu the Abominable rewards you for going wide with snow creatures, and Diamond Faerie turns that token army into a flying threat that can close games in the air the same turn you swing. The activated pump stacks with Isu's own counters, so a board that was already growing suddenly has evasion too.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Diamond Faerie is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only sees meaningful play in Commander. Legacy and Vintage have no competitive snow-creature shell that wants a six-mana anthem, and Modern's snow payoffs don't need this effect at that price. In Commander, Diamond Faerie is a niche card — it belongs specifically in snow-tribal builds where going wide with snow permanents is the plan, and it has essentially no home outside that context.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.75 bulk tier
At $0.75, Diamond Faerie sits firmly in bulk territory. It's a cheap pickup for snow-tribal Commander builds that want it, and nothing about its demand profile suggests the price moves much in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.