Metathran Aerostat
Creature — Metathran
Flying
: You may put a creature card with mana value X from your hand onto the battlefield. If you do, return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #30581
Metathran Aerostat gives you a flying blocker that converts surplus mana into card draw, but a three-mana 1/3 with a four-mana activation is too slow for most tables. It only earns a slot in decks that consistently flood on mana and have no better outlet.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Metathran Aerostat is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, the four-mana draw activation competes with engines that draw multiple cards for the same investment, and a 1/3 body doesn't stabilize boards at a four-player table. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a tap-to-draw artifact to matter. Oathbreaker is the only format where a mana-sink in a high-ramp blue shell could theoretically justify it, but better options exist at every price point.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Metathran Aerostat sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its real demand — near zero. It won't appreciate unless a future Commander product creates a niche it currently doesn't fill.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.