Nightveil Sprite
Creature — Faerie Rogue
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine Commander
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #6962
Nightveil Sprite lands as a two-mana 1/1 flier that lets you surveil 1 every time it connects — cheap, evasive, and self-filtering on every attack. In decks that care about the graveyard or want to sculpt the top of the library, that repeated surveil is the whole point, and Mirko, Obsessive Theorist turns each trigger into a direct mill payoff.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist
Mirko, Obsessive Theorist's ability triggers off each surveil, so Nightveil Sprite becomes a repeatable mill engine the moment it connects — 69% of Mirko decks run it for exactly that loop.
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor rewards every Faerie that enters or dies with a card draw, and Nightveil Sprite is a cheap Faerie that attacks into the air and keeps sculpting the board through surveil.
Anowon, the Ruin Thief
Anowon, the Ruin Thief wants as many Rogues in the air as possible to maximize mill triggers, and Nightveil Sprite is a two-mana flying Rogue that also surveils on damage — exactly the profile Anowon wants.
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist pings opponents whenever you cast Faerie spells and wants a wide evasive board to close games, so Nightveil Sprite fills both slots as a low-cost Faerie that keeps connecting.
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest draws a card for each unblocked creature that deals combat damage, and Nightveil Sprite's flying makes it one of the more reliable one-mana-equivalent bodies to trigger that engine every turn.
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, Nightveil Sprite earns its slot almost exclusively in Faerie or Rogue tribal decks and graveyard-sculpting builds where surveil is a repeated resource rather than a one-off filter. In Pioneer and Modern it has never broken through as a competitive staple — two-mana 1/1s need to do more than surveil once per combat to justify a slot in 60-card formats where the threats come faster and bigger. Legacy and Vintage are theoretically legal but the card has no meaningful presence there. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander context: niche, synergy-dependent, strong in the right shell.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Nightveil Sprite is bulk — you're picking it up as a four-of without thinking about cost. Demand is narrow enough that the price is unlikely to move unless a new Faerie commander breaks out and spikes the whole tribal package.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.