Maraleaf Pixie
Creature — Faerie
Flying
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- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.33
- EDHREC rank
- #4610
Maraleaf Pixie is a two-mana mana dork that taps for either green or blue, making it one of the most flexible early accelerants in Simic shells. Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy doubles its output immediately, and Volo, Guide to Monsters copies it as a non-Human creature, turning a humble 1/1 into two bodies and two mana sources for the price of one spell.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Volo, Guide to Monsters
Volo, Guide to Monsters copies every non-Human, non-Volo creature spell, so Maraleaf Pixie enters the battlefield twice — netting two bodies, two mana sources, and a clean Faerie and Pixie type pairing that fills two creature-type slots on Volo's copy tracker simultaneously.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Maralen, Fae Ascendant cares about Faeries, and Maraleaf Pixie qualifies — it contributes to tribal synergies while providing the green-or-blue flexibility that Maralen, Fae Ascendant's Dimir-leaning lists often lack for curve consistency.
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief is a Faerie herself, and Maraleaf Pixie fills out the tribal count that pushes Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief's payoffs while also accelerating into the blue pump spells the deck wants to copy.
Ezuri, Claw of Progress
Maraleaf Pixie enters as a two-power creature for under two mana, which is exactly the profile Ezuri, Claw of Progress needs — experience counters stack on entry, and the free mana it generates funds more threats the same turn.
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest rewards attacking with small evasive creatures, and Maraleaf Pixie's 1/1 flying body is cheap enough to threaten a draw trigger while the mana it taps for fuels more attackers in the same sequence.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Maraleaf Pixie earns its slot in any Simic or Faerie-tribal deck that wants a two-mana mana dork with genuine flexibility — the choice between green and blue mana on demand is a real upgrade over dorks locked to a single color. Outside Commander, it's legal in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, but it's never broken through in any of those formats because dedicated two-mana ramp is too slow for the pace of competitive 60-card play and the competition from one-mana accelerants is steep. It sees niche consideration in Faerie-tribal builds at casual Modern tables, but no serious tournament presence.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Kinnan, Bonder ProdigyMaraleaf PixieFreed from the Real
Infinite blue mana; Infinite green mana; Put most creature cards from your library onto the battlefield
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Current price
$0.33 bulk tier
At $0.33, Maraleaf Pixie sits firmly in bulk territory and has stayed there since printing — demand is steady but low, driven almost entirely by Commander. It's an easy include that won't strain any budget, and there's no financial reason to hesitate on picking up copies.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.