Flowstone Wyvern
Creature — Drake
Flying
: This creature gets +2/-2 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Tempest
- Price
- $0.34
- EDHREC rank
- #30936
Flowstone Wyvern gives you a repeatable, instant-speed pump outlet on a flying body — pay one red, and it gets +1/-1 until end of turn as many times as you can afford. The activation cost scales poorly in Commander where life totals start at 40 and mana is precious, so this is a role-player in specific shells, not a generalist inclusion.
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 |
In Commander, Flowstone Wyvern earns a slot almost exclusively in decks that want a mana sink with evasion — think Neheb, the Eternal builds flush with red mana, or Zada, Hedron Grinder shells that want cheap redundant threats. The pump ability functions as a finisher modifier when you have excess mana, but paying one mana per +1/-1 is inefficient compared to haste-and-trample enablers that do more work for the same slots. In Legacy and Vintage, where it's also legal, Flowstone Wyvern never sees play — the formats move faster than a 2/2 flyer with a clunky activation can keep up with. Commander is the only realistic home, and even there it competes hard for the slot.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.34 bulk tier
At $0.34, Flowstone Wyvern is deep bulk — no financial risk to picking one up, and no expectation of appreciation given its narrow application. It holds that price floor as a casual curiosity rather than a competitive staple.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.