Nephalia Moondrakes
Creature — Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, target creature gains flying until end of turn.
, Exile this card from your graveyard: Creatures you control gain flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Shadows over Innistrad Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28216
Nephalia Moondrakes lands as a 5/4 flier that immediately grants flying to your entire team — the on-board swing is real, but seven mana is a steep ask for a creature with no protection and no enters-the-battlefield recursion safety net. The sorcery-speed self-mill ability is a niche add-on, not a reason to run it.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Nephalia Moondrakes occupies the awkward space of a build-around payoff that demands a wide flying board or a go-wide token strategy to justify seven mana — it earns its slot in the right shell but is a dead card when you're behind. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't compete; seven mana for a vanilla-sized flier with a conditional activated ability is nowhere near the power threshold those formats require. Vintage is legal but irrelevant — no serious Vintage list needs this effect. Oathbreaker is the one fringe home where a blue flier commander paired with Nephalia Moondrakes as the signature spell could manufacture a repeatable flying anthem, though even there the cost is punishing.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Nephalia Moondrakes isn't currently available, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the latest number before buying. Given its narrow application and low demand outside casual Commander, it typically sits in bulk-rare territory — worth picking up cheaply if you have the right token deck, not worth hunting down at a premium.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.