Snapping Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2011
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28277
Snapping Drake is a 2/2 flyer for four mana — a rate so far below the curve that it has no competitive home at any table. Strictly outclassed by nearly every other blue four-drop, it belongs in a precon draft pile, not a tuned list.
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 |
Snapping Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper it faces stiff competition from far more efficient blue commons at every point on the curve. In Commander, a 2/2 flyer for four mana does nothing relevant in a multiplayer environment where every card needs to pull serious weight. Across every other format where it's technically castable, there is no shell that wants it.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Snapping Drake isn't available here, but it's a bulk common in every practical sense — expect to find copies in the penny bin if you want one. There is no scenario where acquiring Snapping Drake is a priority purchase.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.