Updraft Elemental
Creature — Elemental
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #30121
Updraft Elemental is a 2/3 flyer for five mana — a stat line so far below rate that it has no competitive home at any table. Cheaper, bigger flyers exist at every point on the curve, and Updraft Elemental brings no enters-the-battlefield effect, no keyword upside, nothing to justify the slot.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Updraft Elemental is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not the same as playability. In Pauper it faces direct competition from commons with better bodies or relevant abilities at the same cost. In Commander, a 2/3 flyer for five is unambiguously below the power floor — the format's sheer card density means you will always find a more impactful five-drop. Across every other format where it's legal, Updraft Elemental simply doesn't meet the bar.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Updraft Elemental is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and stays there. That price reflects accurate market demand, and there's no reason to expect it to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.