Pendrell Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
Cycling 
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- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The List
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #28124
Pendrell Drake is a 2/2 flyer for three mana with an upkeep cost — a body that demands ongoing payment just to stay on the battlefield. The rate is bad: three mana down plus one blue every upkeep for a 2/2 is a deal you never want to make.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Pendrell Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 2/2 flyer with a cumulative upkeep-style tax competes against format staples that do far more for the same or less mana. Pauper is the one format where cheap flyers with evasion can matter, but even there the upkeep cost bleeds resources in a way aggressive blue decks can't afford. Vintage and Legacy have no interest in this rate. Pendrell Drake is a bulk rare in every format it's allowed in.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Pendrell Drake is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a box slot and nothing else. There's no sleeper-hit angle here, no niche archetype waiting to break it, so don't expect that price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.