Esper Stormblade
Artifact Creature — Vedalken Wizard
As long as you control another multicolored permanent, this creature gets +1/+1 and has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BUW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.23
- EDHREC rank
- #24892
Esper Stormblade is a 2/2 flier for two mana that grows whenever you cast an artifact or enchantment spell — in the right shell, that's a threat that compounds fast. The cost is deck commitment: it only pays off if your list is already leaning hard into artifacts or enchantments.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Esper Stormblade fits cleanly into Esper artifact and enchantment builds where the triggers come naturally rather than requiring dedicated support. Pauper is where Esper Stormblade has the most competitive relevance — common-legal artifact synergies are plentiful, and a growing evasive body at two mana is a real clock. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern all have the card legal, but those formats move too fast for a creature that needs multiple spells cast to become threatening. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: fine if the gameplan already generates the triggers, dead weight if it doesn't.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.23 bulk tier
At $0.23, Esper Stormblade is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. It holds that floor comfortably given it sees niche play at best, so there's no financial case for picking up copies beyond what you actually need.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.