Shimmerscale Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
Cycling 
(, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #25030
Shimmerscale Drake is a fair, evasive body with no broken ceiling — you play it for the stats and the flying, not for any engine it enables. It earns a slot only in decks that specifically want cheap blue creatures or Drake tribal, and nowhere else.
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 |
Shimmerscale Drake is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper it has the best case — common-slot flying bodies see real play, and the format's card-quality ceiling is low enough that baseline stats matter more. In Commander, Shimmerscale Drake is outclassed by nearly every blue creature at the same cost that offers card advantage, enters-the-battlefield effects, or combo relevance. Anywhere above Pauper, the competition is simply too stiff for a vanilla-adjacent flier to justify the inclusion.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Shimmerscale Drake isn't currently available, but cards of this profile typically sit at bulk — under $0.25 on the floor. If you need copies, pick them up out of a bulk bin rather than paying any meaningful premium.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.