Teferi's Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
Phasing (This phases in or out before you untap during each of your untap steps. While it's phased out, it's treated as though it doesn't exist.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #28935
Teferi's Drake is a 3/3 flying blocker for four mana with phasing, which means it phases out at the start of your upkeep and returns on the next — effectively giving you a flyer every other turn for no additional cost. The tempo loss from phasing makes it unplayable in nearly every context where a 3/3 flyer for four already struggles to justify its slot.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Teferi's Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 3/3 flyer for four with phasing is simply too slow and too intermittent — the format's power floor demands more consistent threats at that mana value. Pauper is the one format where commons get scrutiny, but even there Teferi's Drake loses the competition to cheaper, more reliable flyers. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it whatsoever.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Teferi's Drake is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. There's no reason to expect that to change; phasing as a drawback on a vanilla-adjacent creature has no path to relevance.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.