Fire Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Chronicles Foreign Black Border
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30525
Fire Drake is a vanilla 2/2 flier for four mana with a pump ability that costs red mana per use — a statline that was marginal decades ago and is simply outclassed now. Pass on it unless nostalgia is the point.
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 |
Fire Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper, where the common card pool compresses the power ceiling, Fire Drake still loses the audition — there are cheaper, more efficient red fliers available at the same rarity. In Commander, a four-mana 2/2 with a mana-sink pump ability does nothing at a table where the average threat is measured in enters-the-battlefield effects and combo lines. Legacy and Vintage don't give Fire Drake a second look.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Fire Drake isn't available in current market feeds, which itself signals how little demand the card sees. If you're picking one up, expect to find it in bulk bins for pennies — not because it's a hidden gem, but because it isn't.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.