Pseudodragon Familiar
Creature — Dragon
Flying
: Target creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Alchemy Horizons: Baldur's Gate
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #20156
Pseudodragon Familiar puts a flying, hexproof blocker into play that also filters your hand — relevant stats at a low mana investment. It's a clean role-player in any deck that wants early board presence and incremental card selection.
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 |
In Commander, Pseudodragon Familiar earns its slot in go-wide or tempo-oriented decks that want cheap evasive bodies with upside — the hexproof clause is genuinely annoying for opponents trying to clean up your board. In Pauper, where every mana and every point of stats gets scrutinized, its combination of flying and a comes-into-play draw effect puts it in contention for blue tempo and skies strategies. Legacy and Vintage have the card pool to do more broken things for the same mana, so Pseudodragon Familiar is unlikely to see serious play there outside of curated casual environments.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Pseudodragon Familiar isn't available at the moment, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for the current market rate. Given the card's Pauper legality and casual appeal, it typically sits in the bulk-to-low-value range — easy to pick up without budget hesitation.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.