Mocking Sprite
Creature — Faerie Rogue
Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #2805
Mocking Sprite puts a flying faerie on the board and forces an opponent to discard — relevant pressure stapled to a body. In Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor decks, that body draws a card on entry, which makes the two-mana ask an easy yes.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor draws a card whenever a faerie you control dies, but the triggered draw on every black-blue faerie entering makes Mocking Sprite's flash body a free cantrip that also strips a card from an opponent's hand.
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist deals damage whenever you cast a faerie or faerie spell during opponents' turns, so Mocking Sprite's flash lets you ambush a blocker and ping an opponent in the same window.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror creates a faerie token whenever you cast a noncreature spell during an opponent's turn; Mocking Sprite is a creature, not a noncreature spell, but it's a faerie itself that adds to the tribal count and the discard ticks the hand-disruption gameplan Alela decks often run.
Talrand, Sky Summoner
Talrand, Sky Summoner is a Drake factory for instants and sorceries, but Mocking Sprite slots in as cheap, evasive faerie support that holds up at instant speed and trades or chips in the air alongside the Drake army.
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster
Zethi, Arcane Blademaster cares about instants attached to knights, but Mocking Sprite appears here as a low-cost flash body that supports tempo-oriented blue strategies Zethi decks often build around.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Mocking Sprite is legal everywhere but finds meaningful homes in only a narrow slice of those formats. In Commander, it's a role-player in faerie tribal — most relevant in Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor and Obyra, Dreaming Duelist builds where the flash trigger either draws cards or deals damage. Outside Commander, Mocking Sprite competes in a pauper environment that already has efficient faerie options, and its two-mana discard-one body doesn't clear the bar in Modern or Pioneer where tempo pieces need more punch. Standard is the one non-Commander context worth watching when faerie synergies are present in the set environment, but otherwise this is a Commander card.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Mocking Sprite isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the live number before buying. As a common faerie with narrow tribal application, it typically runs well under a dollar — pick it up without hesitation if you're building the relevant commanders.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.