Mist Raven
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, return target creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadows of the Past
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #15703
Mist Raven enters the battlefield, bounces a creature, and leaves you with a 2/2 flying body — all on one card at four mana. The cost is real, but in any deck that can flicker or copy it, Volo, Guide to Monsters being a prime example, that tempo swing compounds fast enough to justify the slot.
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 |
Mist Raven is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and flicker-heavy blue strategies give it room to generate repeated value in ways 60-card formats simply don't support. In Pauper it sees occasional play as a common tempo piece, where the flying body matters and the bounce can buy enough time to close a game. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient interaction, so Mist Raven doesn't compete there. The card's floor is a one-time Man-o'-War effect with wings; its ceiling, in the right Commander shell, is a loop piece.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Volo, Guide to MonstersFood ChainMist Raven
Infinite colored mana that can only be spent to cast creature spells; Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite storm count; Return any number of creatures to their owners' hands
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Dream HallsConspiracy TheoristPetals of InsightMist Raven
Infinite ETB; Infinite LTB; Infinite magecraft triggers; Infinite self-discard triggers; Infinite storm count
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Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Mist Raven isn't currently available, but as a common with a narrow competitive profile it has historically sat well under a dollar. It's the kind of card you pick out of a bulk bin rather than track down through a vendor.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Volo, Guide to Monsters
- Food Chain
- Dream Halls
- Conspiracy Theorist
- Petals of Insight
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.