Muse Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Guilds of Ravnica
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22923
Muse Drake replaces itself the turn it enters and leaves behind a 3/3 flying body — that combination of immediate card equity and evasive pressure is the whole pitch. The cost is four mana for a creature that trades with most midrange blockers, which makes it a role-player rather than a staple outside decks where drawing a second card in a turn matters structurally, as it does under Alandra, Sky Dreamer.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Alandra, Sky Dreamer triggers off the second card you draw each turn, so Muse Drake's ETB draw slots cleanly into the engine — drop it, draw, and Alandra spits out a Drake token before the spell even resolves the rest of combat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Muse Drake earns its slot in decks that care about draw triggers or flying synergies — elsewhere it's interchangeable with cheaper cantrip creatures and rarely makes the cut. Pauper is where it sees the most meaningful competition, sitting in a crowded bracket of commons that draw a card on ETB, and its body is large enough to matter in that format's combat math. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all have redundant cantrip creatures with better rate or lower mana cost, so Muse Drake won't find a home there outside fringe tribal shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Muse Drake is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Bulk commons this interchangeable with other draw-on-ETB creatures don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond what you'll actually slot.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.