Serendib Efreet
Creature — Efreet
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, this creature deals 1 damage to you.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Arabian Nights
- Price
- $569.75
- EDHREC rank
- #24183
Serendib Efreet is a 3/4 flier for three mana — one of the most efficient blue threats ever printed — with the trade-off of a single damage to you each upkeep. That life drain is almost irrelevant in most games; the body wins races before it matters.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Serendib Efreet is legal in Legacy and Vintage, where it has historical roots as an early beatdown threat, but the formats have long since outpaced a 3/4 with upkeep damage. In Commander, it's a novelty inclusion in blue-heavy aggressive or tempo builds — the 3/4 flying stat line is fine, but a one-card life drain in a 40-life format is genuinely trivial, and there's no Commander synergy pushing it above other three-drop fliers. It's a card you run for its history or its specific aesthetic, not because the metagame demands it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Mistral Charger, Cloudfin Raptor, or Warden of Evos Isle offer blue evasive bodies in the same mana range without the upkeep tax, though none match Serendib Efreet's raw 3/4 stat line for three mana. If you want a strict power substitute, Tempest Djinn goes bigger in mono-blue shells for under a dollar.
Price Context
Current price
$569.75 premium tier
At $569.75, Serendib Efreet sits firmly in collector-trophy territory — the price reflects its age and iconic status, not its current competitive demand. It holds value the way any scarce vintage card does, but you are not buying it to win games.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.