Inkling Summoning
Sorcery — Lesson
Create a 2/1 white and black Inkling creature token with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- BW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Strixhaven: School of Mages
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #24817
Inkling Summoning gives you a 2/1 flying, lifelink Inkling token and replaces itself with a card draw, all for two mana at instant speed. It's a clean, efficient package — the kind of card that earns its slot in token and aristocrats strategies without asking much in return.
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, Inkling Summoning slots neatly into Orzhov and Esper token builds where the combination of evasion, lifelink, and immediate card replacement makes it more than filler. Pauper is where Inkling Summoning punches above its weight class — instant-speed token generation with a cantrip attached is exactly what tempo and sacrifice decks want at common. In Modern and Pioneer, the card is legal but too low-impact to compete against higher-powered options. Legacy and Vintage lists won't touch it. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: playable in the right shell, invisible outside of it.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Inkling Summoning sits firmly in bulk territory — you're paying more in sleeve costs than card costs. Bulk commons with genuine gameplay utility tend to stay flat indefinitely, so there's nothing to chase here; just pick up copies whenever you need them.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.