Emerald Dragonfly
Creature — Insect
Flying
: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26404
Emerald Dragonfly gives a green creature flying and first strike until end of turn for two mana at instant speed — a narrow combat trick on a card that does nothing outside of that one moment. There are almost no constructed contexts where this effect justifies a deck slot.
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 |
Emerald Dragonfly is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a single-use combat trick that requires holding up two mana is nearly always a dead card — you want permanents, not instants that grant temporary evasion to one creature. Pauper is the only format where combat tricks see any real play, but even there Emerald Dragonfly competes against strictly more efficient options. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in this effect at any cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Emerald Dragonfly isn't currently available, but as a low-demand utility card with no competitive application, copies routinely show up in bulk commons bins. There's no meaningful financial reason to seek it out.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.