Shining Aerosaur
Creature — Dinosaur
Flying
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ixalan
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #25132
Shining Aerosaur is a 3/4 flying Dinosaur for five mana — a statline that was passable in limited and nowhere else. Every competitive format has cheaper, more impactful flyers, and Commander has no reason to run this over creatures that actually advance a game plan.
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 |
Shining Aerosaur is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different conversations. In Pauper it sits at common, which is the one context where a 3/4 flyer for five might see a fringe draft-leftover inclusion, though even there better options exist. In Commander, five mana for a vanillaish body with no ETB, no text, and no synergy payload is a hard sell when the format's floor for five-mana creatures is much higher. Across Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, Shining Aerosaur doesn't register.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Shining Aerosaur is deep bulk — the kind of price that reflects near-zero demand across every format it's legal in. It won't lose value because there's essentially no value left to lose.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.