Rishadan Airship
Creature — Human Pirate
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #26843
Rishadan Airship is a 3/1 flyer for three mana that can only block creatures with flying — a statline and restriction that were mediocre in 1999 and haven't aged into relevance. Cheaper, cleaner options exist at every point on the curve, and this slot is better spent on almost anything else.
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 |
Rishadan Airship is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Commander, a 3/1 with a blocking restriction gets outclassed by turn two and doesn't generate value on entry or exit — 100-card decks have no room for vanilla-adjacent creatures at three mana. Pauper is the only format where a common flyer could theoretically earn a slot, but aggressive blue decks there have access to far more efficient threats. Across every format where it's legal, Rishadan Airship sits below the competitive floor.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Rishadan Airship is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a commons box and nothing else. There's no demand driver that would move the price, so treat it as a throw-in rather than a pickup.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.