Hinterland Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
This creature can't block artifact creatures.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #29763
Hinterland Drake is a 2/3 flyer for three mana with a meaningful drawback: it can't block creatures without flying or reach, which limits its defensive utility more than you'd expect for a wall-like body. Playable in dedicated evasion or tribal shells, but rarely the best option at its 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 |
Hinterland Drake sees its most plausible home in Pauper, where common flyers at three mana compete in a narrower card pool and evasion matters for racing. In Commander, it's below the threshold — a 2/3 that can't block ground creatures is too passive for a 100-card format where threats scale quickly. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have access to strictly better blue creatures at the same cost, so Hinterland Drake won't show up in any competitive list there.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Hinterland Drake is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box long before you'd think to buy a copy. That price reflects demand accurately; there's no spike risk here and no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.