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Flumph

Creature — Jellyfish

Defender, flying
Whenever this creature is dealt damage, you and target opponent each draw a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{W}
Color identity
W
Rarity
rare
Set
Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
Price
$1.80
EDHREC rank
#2916
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Flumph card art
Flumph draws cards for both players whenever it takes damage — a symmetrical effect that's a liability in most decks and an engine in the right ones. The cost is real: opponents benefit too, and without a way to weaponize that symmetry, you're just funding enemy card advantage. Commanders like Gluntch, the Bestower turn that symmetry into a political lever, while Orcish Bowmasters punishes every card opponents draw off Flumph's trigger.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Gluntch, the Bestower

Gluntch, the Bestower

69.7% of decks · synergy 0.67

Gluntch, the Bestower is built around gifting opponents resources and converting that generosity into political capital, making Flumph a perfect fit — both cards feed the same group-hug engine while Gluntch's passive lets you steer who benefits most.

02
Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy

39.4% of decks · synergy 0.39

Wayta, Trainer Prodigy cares about creatures with power less than or equal to its own power, and Flumph's 0/1 body slides into that axis cleanly while generating card flow that keeps the hand full for combat tricks.

03
Arcades, the Strategist

Arcades, the Strategist

36.9% of decks · synergy 0.33

Arcades, the Strategist draws a card whenever a defender enters the battlefield, and Flumph qualifies — it's a 0/1 defender that can draw additional cards when damaged, stacking card advantage on top of Arcades, the Strategist's own engine.

04
Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler

34.0% of decks · synergy 0.32

Kwain, Itinerant Meddler already wants every player drawing extra cards to fuel its own political and combo lines, so Flumph's damage trigger fits the gameplan and adds another redundant draw source to the pile.

05
Sephara, Sky's Blade

Sephara, Sky's Blade

29.0% of decks · synergy 0.27

Sephara, Sky's Blade reduces her own commander tax using tapped flying creatures, and Flumph's flying body — however small — contributes to that cost reduction while providing incidental draw in a deck that can protect it with indestructible.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Flumph is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it only earns a slot in Commander, where the multiplayer table turns its symmetrical draw trigger into a meaningful political and combo tool. In Legacy and Vintage, a 0/1 for two mana that requires damage to draw cards doesn't come close to the efficiency those formats demand. Modern and Pioneer are similarly hostile — the card does nothing proactively, folds to any pinger, and offers no tempo upside. Commander is where Flumph lives, specifically in group-hug or damage-matters shells that can either exploit the shared card draw or punish opponents for benefiting from it.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

687 decks
Orcish BowmastersFlumph

Orcish BowmastersFlumph

Infinite draw triggers; Near-infinite +1/+1 counters on certain creatures; Near-infinite card draw for target opponent; Near-infinite draw triggers for target opponent; Infinite card draw

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Feast of SanityFlumph

Feast of SanityFlumph

Infinite draw triggers; Infinite looting; Infinite self-discard triggers; Near-infinite card draw for each opponent; Near-infinite draw triggers for each opponent; Near-infinite lifegain; Near-infinite lifegain triggers

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Price Context

Current price

$1.80 cheap tier

At $1.80, Flumph sits at the low end of the cheap tier — a price point that reflects niche Commander demand rather than broad appeal. It's stable there; nothing about its mechanics suggests a spike, and its narrow homes keep it from climbing.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.