Galedrifter // Waildrifter
Creature — Hippogriff // Creature — Hippogriff Spirit
Flying
Disturb 
(You may cast this card from your graveyard transformed for its disturb cost.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad: Double Feature
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #27892
Galedrifter // Waildrifter is a two-mana 2/2 flier that survives its owner's death by haunting a creature and granting it flying — board presence that doesn't fully disappear when it dies. The rate is unexceptional, but the recursive upside in sacrifice and graveyard strategies makes it worth the slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Galedrifter // Waildrifter fits narrowly into sacrifice-value or aristocrats builds that want bodies which do something on death — the haunt trigger turning a ground creature into an evasion threat is a real upside, not just a consolation prize. In Pauper, where commons with built-in recursion and evasion matter, it competes in tempo and flicker shells looking for cheap flying bodies that punish the opponent even through removal. Modern and Legacy have far better options at this rate, so Galedrifter // Waildrifter is effectively a Pauper and casual Commander card. Pioneer sits similarly — the card is legal but rarely correct.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Galedrifter // Waildrifter is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. There's no price pressure to buy or avoid it; pick up copies whenever you need them.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.