Predator, Flagship
Legendary Artifact
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
, 
: Destroy target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.55
- EDHREC rank
- #18304
Predator, Flagship lands as a repeatable flying-granter and removal engine on a single artifact — tap to give a creature flying until end of turn, or pay five mana and tap to destroy a creature with flying. The activation costs are steep enough that you need a dedicated mana engine to fire the destroy ability consistently, but the free flying grant is live every turn and relevant in combat-focused builds.
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 |
Predator, Flagship is a Commander card through and through — the seven-mana cost to cast and five-mana tap to destroy are only sustainable in a format where games go long and artifact synergies stack up over many turns. In Legacy and Vintage it's technically legal but has never been a realistic inclusion; the power floor for those formats sits far above a seven-mana artifact with conditional removal. Commander is the only home where its upside — repeatable removal attached to a permanent that also serves as a flying enabler — justifies the slot, specifically in artifact-heavy or flicker-adjacent builds that can extract value turn after turn.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.55 bulk tier
At $0.55, Predator, Flagship is deep bulk — a card whose price reflects a narrow audience and genuine power limitations rather than overlooked value. Don't expect movement; this sits where it sits because most Commander players have already evaluated the activation costs and passed.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.