Ithilien Kingfisher
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature dies, draw a card.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #18349
Ithilien Kingfisher is a cheap flash blocker that replaces itself when it dies, making it a fine speed bump that doesn't cost you a card. The rate is modest — a 1/2 for two mana with no immediate board impact — but the built-in cantrip on death keeps the floor high enough to run in creature-heavy synergy shells.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Ithilien Kingfisher earns its slot in flicker, sacrifice, or death-trigger decks where the cantrip on death compounds over a long game. Pauper is the format where it has the most competitive relevance — cheap flash creatures with upside see real play there, and the card-neutral death trigger matters when every resource counts. In Legacy and Vintage it's simply outclassed; the formats move too fast for a 1/2 that doesn't affect the board the turn it arrives. Ithilien Kingfisher is, in short, a Pauper and casual Commander card that has no business in the eternal 60-card formats.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Ithilien Kingfisher is deep bulk — pick it up from any common bin without a second thought. Bulk commons virtually never appreciate, so buy it to play it, not to hold it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.