Faerie Snoop
Creature — Faerie Detective
Flying
Disguise 
(You may cast this card face down for 
as a 2/2 creature with ward 
. Turn it face up any time for its disguise cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, look at the top two cards of your library. Put one into your hand and the other into your graveyard.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Murders at Karlov Manor
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #22213
Faerie Snoop is a 1/1 flying creature that lets you look at the top card of an opponent's library whenever they draw — useful information, but that's the whole card. Three mana for a 1/1 with a passive scry-adjacent ability is a poor rate in any format where cards do more for less.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Faerie Snoop is legal across every major format, but that breadth doesn't translate to playability. In Commander, knowing what's on top of an opponent's library is marginally useful — it tells you whether a counterspell is coming or whether you can swing safely — but a 1/1 body for three mana does almost nothing on a four-player table. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have no room for a 1/1 that generates no immediate tempo or card advantage. Pauper is the only format where Faerie Snoop could theoretically see play, but even there the rate is too slow for aggressive Faerie shells and too fragile for control.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Faerie Snoop is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. That price is stable simply because demand is essentially zero, not because it's an undervalued sleeper.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.