Molting Harpy
Creature — Harpy Mercenary
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, sacrifice this creature unless you pay 
.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #29726
Molting Harpy is a 2/1 flyer for two mana — serviceable stats for the cost — but the upkeep payment in life or a sacrificed creature means you're taxed every turn just to keep it on board. It earns a slot only in decks that want fodder on the battlefield or have a specific reason to drain life repeatedly; everywhere else, there are cleaner two-drops.
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 |
Molting Harpy is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-statted two-drop with an upkeep drain. In Commander, it finds the narrowest footing in sacrifice-matters or aristocrats shells where the upkeep cost is a feature rather than a drawback — think Wilhelt, the Rotcleaver-style decks that want a body in the air and a reason to feed the graveyard. Outside of those niche homes, Molting Harpy is outclassed by nearly every other two-mana black flyer in the format.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Molting Harpy is firmly bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. It won't appreciate; pick it up only if a specific deck calls for it, and don't expect that to change.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.