Pixie Queen
Creature — Faerie
Flying
, 
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Legends
- Price
- $36.45
- EDHREC rank
- #29893
Pixie Queen gives all your faeries flying and can tap to untap a faerie you control — relevant evasion and pseudo-vigilance stapled onto a creature that scales with a tribal theme. The catch is the mana cost to activate and the narrow tribal requirement; outside dedicated faerie builds, it does nothing.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Pixie Queen has any real home, specifically inside faerie tribal decks that can exploit the untap ability on key utility creatures. Legacy and Vintage legality is technically true, but the card sees zero competitive play in either format — better tribal payoffs exist at every point on the curve. Modern, Pioneer, and Standard are all off the table. Oathbreaker shares the same story as Commander: viable only in a focused faerie shell, and even then it's a fringe inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Pixie Queen's flying-grant effect is largely redundant if your faerie tribe is already generating fliers naturally, so the real replacement question is about the untap utility — Aphetto Alchemist and Synod Artificer fill that role for under $1 each, though neither is a faerie itself. If the lord effect is what you want, Mistbind Clique and Scion of Oona provide stronger payoffs in faerie builds at comparable or lower prices.
Price Context
Current price
$36.45 premium tier
At $36.45, Pixie Queen sits firmly in premium territory for a card with essentially zero competitive demand — the price is driven almost entirely by collector scarcity as an older card, not power level. It holds that price tag for now, but it's a poor value proposition for anyone building on a budget.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.