Scion of Oona
Creature — Faerie Soldier
Flash
Flying
Other Faerie creatures you control get +1/+1.
Other Faeries you control have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Lorwyn
- Price
- $17.13
- EDHREC rank
- #3337
Scion of Oona pumps every other Faerie you control by +1/+1 and shrouds the whole tribe at instant speed — that's a lord that also shuts down targeted removal for your entire board. In Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor builds especially, where each Faerie death draws a card, Scion of Oona turns a sweeper into a card-draw engine rather than a blowout.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor
Tegwyll, Duke of Splendor runs Scion of Oona in 92% of lists because the combination is the core of the deck's resilience — Scion's flash lets you deploy it in response to removal, and its shroud effect means opponents often can't cleanly trade with individual Faeries to blank Tegwyll's draw trigger.
Alela, Cunning Conqueror
Alela, Cunning Conqueror generates a steady stream of Faerie tokens on opponents' turns, and Scion of Oona lets that token army back up at instant speed with a +1/+1 bonus and blanket shroud, turning a go-wide token plan into a threat that's genuinely hard to answer at sorcery speed.
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist
Obyra, Dreaming Duelist wants to flash in Faeries on opponents' turns to maximize ping damage, and Scion of Oona fits that gameplan perfectly — it arrives at instant speed, pumps the board, and protects Obyra herself from targeted removal.
Alela, Artful Provocateur
Alela, Artful Provocateur builds wide with flying artifact and enchantment tokens, and Scion of Oona provides the lord effect and protection that turns that wide board into a combat threat opponents can't easily dismantle with spot removal.
Maralen, Fae Ascendant
Maralen, Fae Ascendant cares about tribal Faerie synergy at its core, and Scion of Oona shows up in 44% of those lists as a cost-efficient way to buff the team and deny opponents the ability to pick off key pieces before a combat step.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is the format where Scion of Oona does its best work — tribal synergy pays dividends at a 100-card singleton table, and the shroud effect scales with however many Faeries your opponents have to pick through. In Legacy and Vintage, Scion of Oona is technically legal but rarely played; those formats move too fast and too explosively for a three-mana tribal lord to compete with the available threats and interaction. Oathbreaker offers a tighter, faster version of the tribal shell where Scion can shine in the right Faerie-dense build. Standard and Pioneer both cut off access entirely due to set legality, and Pauper's rarity restrictions put Scion out of reach there as well.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Spellstutter Sprite is the most common budget-adjacent swap — it's cheap, shares the Faerie type, and provides countermagic rather than a pump effect, which covers a different angle than Scion of Oona but still rewards a dense Faerie board. If you specifically want the lord effect on a budget, Elvish Champion-style replacements don't exist in the Faerie tribe at the same power level, which is exactly what makes Scion of Oona difficult to replace cleanly rather than supplement.
Price Context
Current price
$17.13 mid tier
At $17.13, Scion of Oona sits in the mid tier — expensive enough to feel like a deliberate inclusion, but not so steep that it's out of reach for a dedicated tribal build. It's a Reserved List card, so the supply ceiling is fixed; the price has held in this range for years and reflects genuine demand from Faerie players rather than speculative movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.