Tolarian 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
- Weatherlight
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30053
Tolarian Drake is a 1/3 flyer with phasing — it phases out at the start of your upkeep and phases back in the following turn, which means it dodges removal on a schedule you can't fully control and attacks only half the time. A two-mana 1/3 that's offline every other turn is not a card competitive Commander tables need.
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 |
Tolarian Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Commander, a 1/3 flyer that phases out every other upkeep contributes almost nothing — the format demands cards that impact the board consistently, and phasing on a creature this small reads as a drawback, not a feature. Pauper is the one format where commons get real scrutiny, but even there a 1/3 body with forced phasing doesn't clear the bar for aggressive or controlling blue shells. Legacy and Vintage have access to every efficient blue threat ever printed, so Tolarian Drake doesn't enter the conversation.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Tolarian Drake sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no pressure driving that price anywhere. It's a safe pick if you specifically need the phasing text for a niche synergy build, but there's no demand floor holding it above bulk bin pricing.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.