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Stormchaser Drake

Creature — Drake

Flying
Whenever this creature becomes the target of a spell you control, draw a card.

CMC
2
Mana cost
{1}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Innistrad: Double Feature
Price
$0.30
EDHREC rank
#8575
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Stormchaser Drake card art
Stormchaser Drake draws you a card every time you cast an instant or sorcery that targets it, turning cheap cantrip-style spells into a self-replacing engine with a body attached. The real ceiling is Chain of Acid and loops like it — once you can target the Drake repeatedly at low cost, the card advantage compounds fast enough to pull ahead of most tables. Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief decks run it at over 80% inclusion for exactly that reason.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief

80.1% of decks · synergy 0.79

Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies every spell that targets a single creature, so any spell aimed at Stormchaser Drake becomes two triggers — one for the Drake's draw ability, one for the copy landing on Ivy. That loop is the core engine of the archetype, which is why Stormchaser Drake shows up in 80% of Ivy lists.

02
Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful

37.3% of decks · synergy 0.37

Otrimi, the Ever-Playful is a Sultai mutate commander, and Stormchaser Drake's flying body plus its draw-on-target ability make it a live card both as a mutate host and as an engine that rewards the spell-slinging that Otrimi lists layer on top of the mutate plan.

03
Orvar, the All-Form

Orvar, the All-Form

17.7% of decks · synergy 0.17

Orvar, the All-Form triggers whenever you cast an instant or sorcery that targets your own permanents, so a cheap cantrip aimed at Stormchaser Drake nets you a card from the Drake and a token copy of any permanent from Orvar — double value off a single spell, which is exactly the redundancy Orvar lists want.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern legal
pioneer legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Stormchaser Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it does its best work — the longer game gives the draw trigger time to generate meaningful advantage, and the singleton format rewards a card that slots cleanly into multiple archetypes without competing for a critical slot. In Modern and Pioneer it's a fringe consideration at best, since three mana for a 2/2 flyer is too slow for formats where the game is often decided by turn four, and dedicated spell-slinger payoffs at that rate have stronger competition. Legacy and Vintage have no practical interest in it. Stormchaser Drake is a Commander card through and through.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$0.30 bulk tier

At $0.30, Stormchaser Drake is deep bulk — easy to acquire as a throw-in or from a common box. Given its 80% inclusion rate in Ivy lists and real combo potential, that price reflects supply rather than demand ceiling, so expect it to stay accessible indefinitely.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.