Skybox Ferry
Artifact — Vehicle
Flying
Crew 2 (Tap any number of creatures you control with total power 2 or more: This Vehicle becomes an artifact creature until end of turn.)
Cycling (
, Discard this card: Draw a card.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Aetherdrift
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #17349
Skybox Ferry is a three-mana 2/4 that gives your other creatures flying until end of turn — a combat trick stapled to a body. The cost is real: you need mana open at the right moment, and the effect doesn't stick.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skybox Ferry is a fringe card — the effect is too narrow and too temporary to justify a slot in most 99s, though evasion-matters or vehicles-matter builds might find the body passable. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, granting flying to your board for one attack is occasionally relevant in go-wide strategies, but dedicated tempo and combat tricks do this job more efficiently. Pauper is where Skybox Ferry has the most realistic home, since the card pool is shallower and a 2/4 flying-enabler can punch above its weight in aggressive commons decks. Across every format, it faces the same ceiling: the effect is conditional, temporary, and doesn't replace itself.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Skybox Ferry is deep bulk — the price reflects its limited demand across every format. Don't expect this to move; it has no combo application or reprint equity driving any upward pressure.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.