Pegasus Courser
Creature — Pegasus
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, another target attacking creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #17550
Pegasus Courser swings in, grants a target creature flying and vigilance until end of turn, and leaves a 2/2 body behind — all for three mana. It's a role-player, not a headline act, and only earns a slot where Thurid, Mare of Destiny or a similar creature-stacking engine makes that attack trigger worth engineering around.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Thurid, Mare of Destiny cares about creatures entering and attacking, and Pegasus Courser feeds both halves — it enters on curve and then hands Thurid's most threatening attacker flying and vigilance on demand, turning a ground-pounder into a threat that hits and still blocks.
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 |
Pegasus Courser is a Pauper-legal common, and that's the format where it's most at home — white weenie and aggressive flicker shells have used it as a combat trick stapled to a body. In Commander, it's a strict niche card: 100-card singleton dilutes any single attack-step enabler, and a 2/2 for three mana clears no bar in a format full of faster, more durable threats. Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, and Vintage have long since moved past what Pegasus Courser offers, so the honest answer is Pauper or a dedicated Thurid, Mare of Destiny build — everywhere else it's filler.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pegasus Courser is deep bulk — buy it by the playset without thinking twice. Bulk commons at this price point don't move unless a format breaks them open, and nothing on the horizon suggests that's coming for this card.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Thurid, Mare of Destiny
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.