Fearless Fledgling
Creature — Griffin
Landfall — Whenever a land you control enters, put a +1/+1 counter on this creature. It gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #15153
Fearless Fledgling becomes a legitimate aerial threat fast — one land drop triggers a +1/+1 counter, and a second gives it flying, all on a one-mana body. Under Xavier Sal, Infested Captain, it pulls double duty as both an early attacker and a Pirate body that compounds the counters-and-combat gameplan.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Fearless Fledgling is a bulk rare in competitive Constructed — Modern and Pioneer have one-mana creatures with far more immediate impact, and the conditional flying (requiring two land drops in one turn) is too slow for those formats. In Commander it finds a real home, specifically in Pirate or counters-matters builds where its cheap entry point and self-contained growth engine earn a slot without crowding out more impactful cards. Legacy and Vintage have no meaningful use for it. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: playable in the right creature-focused shell, irrelevant outside it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmStaff of TitaniaFearless Fledgling
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmJyoti, Moag AncientFearless Fledgling
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
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Xavier Sal, Infested CaptainIntruder AlarmAwaken the WoodsFearless Fledgling
Infinite ETB; Infinite creature tokens; Infinite untap of creatures; Infinite mana creatures you control can produce; Infinite Forest tokens; Infinite landfall triggers; Infinite untap of creatures you control
View on Commander Spellbook ↗Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Fearless Fledgling is deep bulk — you're paying essentially nothing for it. Bulk rares at this price point don't appreciate unless a deck or commander breaks them out, and nothing on the horizon suggests that spike is coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Xavier Sal, Infested Captain
- Intruder Alarm
- Staff of Titania
- Jyoti, Moag Ancient
- Awaken the Woods
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.