Peppersmoke
Kindred Instant — Faerie
Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn. If you control a Faerie, draw a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $0.25
- EDHREC rank
- #15189
Peppersmoke kills a Faerie or other one-toughness creature and replaces itself with a card draw — all for one black mana, provided you control a Faerie. Outside that tribe, it's a blank, so Obyra, Dreaming Duelist decks are the only real home.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist triggers on every noncombat spell you cast, and Peppersmoke is exactly the kind of cheap interaction that chains those triggers while keeping your hand stocked — kill a blocker, draw a card, ping Obyra's ability, repeat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Peppersmoke is a Faerie-tribal card and nothing else — the draw clause is the entire reason to run it, and you only get that if you're already deep in blue-black Faeries. Pauper is where it has the most crossover appeal: the faerie count is high enough in dedicated tribal shells, and one-mana removal that replaces itself is genuinely scarce at common. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but don't want it — better interaction exists at every point on the curve. Peppersmoke is a role-player, not a format staple, and the role is narrow.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.25 bulk tier
At $0.25, Peppersmoke is bulk in price and bulk in scarcity concern — pick up copies without hesitation if you're building Faeries. The demand ceiling is low given how few decks actually want it, so don't expect the price to move.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.