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Iridescent Drake

Creature — Drake

Flying
When this creature enters, put target Aura card from a graveyard onto the battlefield under your control attached to this creature.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Ultimate Masters
Price
$0.08
EDHREC rank
#24523
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Iridescent Drake card art
Iridescent Drake enters the battlefield and immediately returns an Aura from any graveyard to the battlefield attached to it — that's a free recursion engine stapled to a 2/2 flier. The cost is that it needs Auras in graveyards to do anything, which makes it a build-around, not a generic include; pair it with False Demise and it never stays dead.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Commander is where Iridescent Drake lives — graveyard fill is inevitable over a long game, Aura-based commanders give it a natural home, and the loop potential with sacrifice outlets is exactly the kind of engine multiplayer rewards. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically real, but a four-mana 2/2 with a conditional enters-the-battlefield trigger has no footing in those formats. Oathbreaker is the one alternate format worth considering if your planeswalker leans on Aura reanimation.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.08 bulk tier

At $0.08, Iridescent Drake is deep bulk — you're paying postage, not for the card. That price reflects casual-only demand; it won't appreciate unless a high-profile Aura commander pushes it into the spotlight.

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