Flowstone Thopter
Artifact Creature — Thopter
: This creature gets +1/-1 and gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #28140
Flowstone Thopter gives you a flying artifact creature that can pump itself at instant speed by sacrificing a land — useful in decks that want to empty their hand of excess lands or generate value from land-sacrifice triggers. The floor is a 1/1 flyer for three mana, which is unplayable outside of narrow synergy contexts.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Flowstone Thopter is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a three-mana 1/1 with an expensive activation. In Commander, Flowstone Thopter finds its only real home in artifact-matters or land-sacrifice decks where the self-pump and flying body serve a specific synergy role — think Daretti, Scrap Savant or sacrifice-value commanders rather than any generic shell. Outside of those targeted builds, it's too slow and too conditional to earn a slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Flowstone Thopter is pure bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any supply constraint. It's stable at the floor and unlikely to move without a sudden combo discovery.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.