Nephalia Seakite
Creature — Bird
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dark Ascension
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #28522
Nephalia Seakite is a 2/3 flash flyer for four mana — a statline and rate that were marginal in Limited and are outclassed everywhere else. Cheaper, more impactful flash creatures exist at nearly every point on the curve, and there's no ability text here to justify the slot.
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 |
Nephalia Seakite sees no meaningful play in any competitive format. In Pauper, the common card pool offers better flash threats and more efficient blue flyers. In Commander, a 2/3 flying body for four mana doesn't move the needle — even dedicated flicker or tempo builds have access to creatures that generate value on entry rather than just showing up. Legacy and Vintage have no use for a vanilla-adjacent four-drop. The only conceivable home is a highly casual tribal or flavor-driven Commander deck, and even there Nephalia Seakite competes against strictly better options.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Nephalia Seakite is deep bulk — the kind of card that exists in bulk boxes, not trade binders. That price reflects the demand accurately, and there's no synergy profile or scarcity argument that would push it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.