The Princess Takes Flight
Enchantment — Saga
(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
I — Exile up to one target creature.
II — Target creature you control gets +2/+2 and gains flying until end of turn.
III — Return the exiled card to the battlefield under its owner's control.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #12338
The Princess Takes Flight turns Garnet, Princess of Alexandria into a 4/4 flier with trample the moment she enters and hands you two relevant cards off a single spell — that's a lot of board impact for three mana. Anywhere you'd run a pump spell, this does more work.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria appears in 70% of The Princess Takes Flight decks for the obvious reason: the card is named after her, triggers off her entering the battlefield, and the +2/+2 flying trample clause applies directly to her, converting a 2/2 commander into a credible threat while replacing itself in hand.
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd blinks creatures at will, and The Princess Takes Flight's enters-the-battlefield trigger means every blink loop redraws two cards — Phelia turns a one-shot cantrip into a repeatable draw engine.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, The Princess Takes Flight is a role-player in Garnet builds and any white deck leaning on ETB value or Saga recursion — three mana for a pump effect plus two cards is a clean rate when your commander is the target. Outside Commander, it's legal in Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but it sees essentially no competitive play in those formats; aggressive white decks in Pioneer and Modern have no use for a three-mana sorcery that requires a specific creature to get full value. Pauper is the only format where it can't see play at all.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, The Princess Takes Flight is firmly bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought when ordering singles. Bulk rares tied to niche legendary creatures rarely climb unless the commander breaks into the mainstream, so don't expect movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.