Scryb Sprites
Creature — Faerie
Flying
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Collectors' Edition
- Price
- $4.00
- EDHREC rank
- #19800
Scryb Sprites is a one-mana 1/1 flyer — the floor for evasion, and exactly what Edric, Spymaster of Trest wants. The cost is real: it trades the turn it meets a Shock or a stiff breeze, and it never threatens to win a combat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest rewards every unblocked creature with a card, so Scryb Sprites — a one-mana body that flies over most early boards — draws a card the turn it enters and keeps drawing as long as it lives.
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, Scryb Sprites earns its slot almost exclusively in Edric, Spymaster of Trest builds, where the density of cheap evasive creatures matters more than any individual body's stats. In Pauper, it competes poorly against other one-drops with relevant text, and the format's common removal makes a vanilla 1/1 a liability. Legacy and Vintage are both legal formats for Scryb Sprites, but neither has any interest in it — the card simply doesn't clear the bar for constructed play at those power levels.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$4.00 cheap tier
At $4.00, Scryb Sprites sits at the high end of what you'd expect to pay for a one-mana 1/1 with no text beyond flying — the price reflects age and low supply across printings, not competitive demand. It holds that floor as long as Edric decks remain popular, but there's no reason to expect it to climb.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.