Spectral Flight
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature gets +2/+2 and has flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Innistrad
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #19235
Spectral Flight puts a +1/+1 counter and flying on any creature for two mana — that's commander damage range and evasion stapled together. It's the go-to aura for voltron strategies that want their threat unblockable by the vast majority of boards.
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 |
In Commander, Spectral Flight earns its slot almost exclusively in voltron decks — commanders like Bruna, Light of Alabaster or Sram, Senior Edificer that want cheap auras stacked fast. In Pauper it sees occasional play as an evasion tool on aggressive blue creatures, where the +1/+1 matters and flying closes games quickly. Legacy, Vintage, and Modern have far more efficient options, so Spectral Flight doesn't register competitively there. It remains legal across those formats but is outclassed at every level above kitchen-table.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Spectral Flight is deep bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a functional aura. That price won't move; there's no scarcity or demand spike coming for a common enchantment this replaceable.
Explore
Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.