Ebony Fly
Artifact
This artifact enters tapped.
: Add 
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: Roll a d6. Until end of turn, you may have this artifact become an X/X Insect artifact creature with flying, where X is the result.
Whenever this artifact attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Forgotten Realms Commander
- Price
- $2.88
- EDHREC rank
- #7754
Ebony Fly enters as a 1/1 flyer that transforms into a 4/4 when you've rolled three or more dice — legitimate board presence for a card that costs three mana. The cost is that you need a deck actually built around dice-rolling to hit that threshold reliably; outside Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor and similar shells, it's just a mediocre evasion body.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor rolls a die every time a creature dies and doubles rolled results, meaning Ebony Fly hits its three-dice threshold fast and attacks as a 4/4 flyer within the first few turns of landing — it's one of the deck's most consistent beaters.
Mr. House, President and CEO
Mr. House, President and CEO generates Treasure-creating die rolls on combat damage, and Ebony Fly slots in as a cheap threat that scales off the same dice the deck is already rolling to produce mana.
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 |
Ebony Fly is a Commander card through and through — the dice-rolling synergy ecosystem it needs exists there and almost nowhere else at competitive scale. In Legacy and Vintage it's legal but irrelevant; neither format wants a conditional 4/4 flyer for three mana when the bar for playables is set by Delver of Secrets and Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer. Oathbreaker is the one fringe format where a dedicated dice-rolling Planeswalker shell could make Ebony Fly functional, but the card's real home is Commander, specifically in the handful of commanders that roll dice as a core mechanic.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$2.88 cheap tier
At $2.88, Ebony Fly sits in the cheap tier — low enough that it's a no-brainer include in any deck that wants it. Its price is narrow-use driven rather than broad demand, so it's unlikely to spike outside a major new dice-rolling commander being printed.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Wyll, Blade of Frontiers // Sword Coast Sailor
- Mr. House, President and CEO
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.