Sea Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
When this creature enters, return two target lands you control to their owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $1.27
- EDHREC rank
- #28220
Sea Drake lands as a 3/3 flyer for three mana, which is a solid rate — until you read the fine print: it returns two lands from your battlefield to your hand on entry, effectively costing you two tempo to gain a body. The bounce clause is steep enough that Sea Drake is a build-around, not a role-player.
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 |
Sea Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees virtually no competitive play in any of them. In Legacy and Vintage, three mana for a creature that punishes your own mana base is a non-starter when far better options exist. Modern has long since outpaced Sea Drake on rate. Commander is where it has the most potential, specifically in decks that want lands in hand — Landfall triggers from replaying them, or commanders that reward high hand counts — but even there it requires real deck support to justify the tempo loss.
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Price Context
Current price
$1.27 cheap tier
At $1.27, Sea Drake sits at the low end of the cheap tier, and that price reflects its narrow demand accurately. It won't appreciate without a new combo or commander that explicitly rewards bouncing your own lands, so treat it as a bulk-rare pickup only if you've already identified the home for it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.