Turtle-Duck
Creature — Turtle Bird
: Until end of turn, this creature has base power 4 and gains trample.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #15657
Turtle-Duck is a 2/3 for four mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion, and no text — a vanilla creature that loses the rate game to nearly every alternative at that slot. There is no shell in 2024 Commander where this is the right choice.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Turtle-Duck is legal everywhere and competitive nowhere. In Commander, a 2/3 vanilla for four mana is unplayable at any table — the format's power floor has long since passed the point where this contributes anything. In 60-card formats like Modern and Pioneer, vanilla four-drops without an immediate board impact or keyword don't make fringe lists, let alone real ones. The only context where Turtle-Duck has ever seen a table is casual kitchen-table play, and even there it's outclassed by creatures that do something.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Turtle-Duck sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is a ceiling, not a floor — demand is essentially zero outside of set collectors. Don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.