Kor Aeronaut
Creature — Kor Soldier
Kicker 
(You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.)
Flying
When this creature enters, if it was kicked, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elspeth vs. Tezzeret
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29650
Kor Aeronaut is a two-mana 2/2 flyer with kicker that taps a creature on entry — reasonable stats with a relevant utility mode stapled on. The kicker cost is steep enough that you won't always pay it, but the baseline is passable for aggressive white equipment builds.
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 |
Kor Aeronaut sees no meaningful competitive play in Legacy, Modern, or Vintage — there are simply better two-drops in white across every axis. In Commander, it occupies a narrow niche in Kor tribal builds or equipment-heavy decks that want cheap flying bodies, but even there it struggles to justify a slot over more impactful options. The kicker-triggered tap effect is too conditional and too slow for a 100-card format where a single creature tap rarely changes outcomes. Unless your commander specifically rewards Kor creature types or kicker synergies, Kor Aeronaut is a card you play in your first draft of the deck and quietly cut.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Kor Aeronaut is deep bulk — you're not paying for it, you're finding it in a common box. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero outside of Kor tribal completion, and nothing on the horizon changes that calculus.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.