Inspired Sprite
Creature — Faerie Wizard
Flash
Flying
Whenever you cast a Wizard spell, you may untap this creature.
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Morningtide
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #21609
Inspired Sprite draws a card every time you cast a Faerie or Wizard, stapling a repeatable cantrip engine onto a 2/1 flier for three mana. The cost is a fragile body that dies to nearly every sweeper and most spot removal, but in the right tribal shell the card advantage it generates before it dies is worth the investment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the only format where Inspired Sprite is worth discussing seriously — the 100-card singleton environment rewards engines that accumulate value over a long game, and tribal Faerie or Wizard decks cast enough qualifying spells to draw three or four cards off it in a single rotation. In Legacy and Vintage, it's technically legal but wholly unplayable; those formats demand impact on turn one or two, and a three-mana 2/1 that draws cards slowly over multiple turns cannot compete. Modern has faster and more resilient draw engines at every point on the curve. Inspired Sprite lives and dies in Commander, specifically inside dedicated Faerie or Wizard tribal lists where the trigger fires consistently.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Inspired Sprite is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar bin or snagging a playset for under a dollar. Bulk tribal payoffs rarely appreciate unless a commander prints into the exact niche spike their price, so treat this as a cheap include rather than a hold.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.