Lantern Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28782
Lantern Spirit is a evasive, self-protecting flier that bounces itself back to your hand for a single blue mana — useful for dodging removal but not for closing games. The payoff is too low for the mana investment; a 2/1 flier that costs three to cast and one to save rarely makes the cut in a format where threats need to do more.
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 |
Lantern Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees no meaningful play in any of them. In Commander, a 2/1 flier with a bounce-to-hand ability fills no role that better spirits or evasive threats don't handle more efficiently. Legacy and Vintage have redundant access to far stronger options, and Modern's power floor has long since left Lantern Spirit behind. It's a card with a fine ability in a vacuum — protection from sorcery-speed removal, persistent evasion — but the stat line and mana cost never add up to a deck slot worth taking.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Lantern Spirit is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not card quality. Don't expect that price to move; there's no competitive demand driving a rebound.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.