Skywinder Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2012
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #30172
Skywinder Drake is a 3/1 flyer for three mana that can only block other flyers — a lopsided statline that trades defensive utility for evasive offense. In nearly every context, there are better options at this cost.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skywinder Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, a 3/1 that can't block ground creatures is too fragile and too low-impact to earn a slot — the format's 40-life totals and multiplayer dynamics demand more from a three-drop. Pauper is the one format where budget evasive creatures occasionally find homes, but even there Skywinder Drake's blocking restriction and lack of any enters-the-battlefield effect make it a hard sell over cheaper or more resilient commons.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Skywinder Drake is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft common slot and goes nowhere else. There's no demand driver that would move this price, so expect it to stay at the floor indefinitely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.