Moaning Spirit
Creature — Spirit
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.28
- EDHREC rank
- #30235
Moaning Spirit is a 2/1 flier for three mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no static ability, and no upside — just a vanilla body in the air. It doesn't make the cut in any competitive or even casual Commander list where better options exist at every point on the curve.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Moaning Spirit is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it faces a field of commons that do far more for the same or less mana, and a 2/1 flier for three is simply below the format's baseline rate. In Commander, 100-card singleton demands every slot earn its place, and Moaning Spirit offers nothing beyond a marginal evasive body with no text. Legacy and Vintage don't want it either — those formats move fast enough that a 2/1 for three is irrelevant on arrival.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.28 bulk tier
At $0.28, Moaning Spirit sits firmly in bulk territory, which reflects its actual utility. There's no demand pressure to push the price up, so it'll stay at or below this floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.