Silver Raven
Artifact Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Adventures in the Forgotten Realms
- Price
- $0.61
- EDHREC rank
- #7637
Silver Raven is a 1/1 flying creature for one blue mana that replaces itself with a card draw on entry — the floor is never zero. In Edric, Spymaster of Trest builds that reward evasive one-drops, it pulls double duty as both a draw trigger and a cantrip before it ever attacks.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest wants the cheapest evasive bodies available, and Silver Raven delivers a cantrip stapled to a flying attacker — every attack step it survives is two cards drawn for one mana spent. Near-30% inclusion is no accident.
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested cares about other Birds entering the battlefield, and Silver Raven is a one-mana Bird that replaces itself, making it one of the most efficient triggers in the deck. Fifteen percent inclusion reflects how naturally it slots into the tribe.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards cheap, low-investment creatures that generate value without demanding resources, and Silver Raven costs one mana, draws a card, and leaves a flier behind. That's exactly the kind of zero-downside fodder the deck is looking for.
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 |
Silver Raven is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Pauper, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it finds its strongest home, where the combination of a flying body and a cantrip maps cleanly onto go-wide evasion strategies and Bird tribal shells. In Pauper, Silver Raven competes with a crowded field of one-mana blue cantrip creatures, so it earns a slot only in lists that specifically want a flier with that effect. In Modern and Pioneer the bar for one-drops is high enough that Silver Raven is a role-player at best — niche tribal builds are the only realistic home. Legacy and Vintage don't need it.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.61 bulk tier
At $0.61, Silver Raven sits in bulk territory — it's a pickup-from-the-dollar-bin card with no realistic price ceiling given how replaceable one-mana cantrip creatures are. Buy it if you want to run it; don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.