Drake Hatchling
Creature — Drake
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #30890
Drake Hatchling is a 2/1 flyer for three mana that can pump to 2/3 for one blue — the stat line is below rate at every point on the curve. Bulk filler at best, and most Commander lists have no reason to run it.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Drake Hatchling is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but only Pauper gives it any plausible home — common-only card pools are thin enough that a three-mana flyer occasionally makes a list. In Commander, the card is outclassed by virtually every blue flyer at the same cost, and no archetype specifically wants a vanilla-adjacent drake. Legacy and Vintage don't acknowledge it exists.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Drake Hatchling is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. The price will hold in the sense that it can't really fall further, but there's no demand driver that would push it up either.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.