Runewing
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature dies, draw a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Return to Ravnica
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #27523
Runewing is a 1/1 flier that replaces itself when it dies — decent rate for a one-drop, but drawing one card on death is the floor for competitive card advantage. It sees play in Pauper and budget Commander precisely because the bar is low, not because Runewing clears a high one.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Runewing occupies the bottom rung of acceptable draw — you run it when your curve demands a cheap body that won't strand you on zero cards, but most lists outgrow it quickly. Pauper is where Runewing has the most legitimate claim: evasion plus cantrip-on-death is genuinely useful in a format where card advantage is scarce and every trade matters. In Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage, Runewing is invisible — the competition is too dense for a 1/1 that asks you to wait for it to die before you see a return.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Runewing is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking it on a buylist. That price is stable by default: there's no pressure to move it up or down, and no Commander archetype hungry enough for it to spike demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.