Spitting Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. Activate only once each turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Classic Sixth Edition
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #30669
Spitting Drake is a 2/2 flyer for four mana that returns itself to your hand at the end of each turn — you get a repeatable aerial body, but you're paying a steep rate to never keep it on the battlefield. It earns a slot only in decks that want to cast the same creature over and over, not as a generic flying threat.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Spitting Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but irrelevant in most of them. In Legacy and Vintage the rate is laughable — four mana for a 2/2 that bounces itself doesn't compete. Commander is the only home where Spitting Drake can justify a slot, and even there it needs a specific engine: commanders or payoffs that trigger on creatures entering the battlefield or being cast repeatedly, such as Naban, Dean of Iteration-style value loops or cost-reduction shells that make the bounce free. In Oathbreaker the same logic applies at a smaller table scale, where four mana is proportionally heavier.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Spitting Drake is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. The price reflects exactly what it is: a narrow, engine-dependent card with no crossover appeal, and it won't climb without a breakout combo printing that names it specifically.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.