Vaporkin
Creature — Elemental
Flying
This creature can block only creatures with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #29026
Vaporkin is a 2/1 flyer for two mana that can only block other flyers — a straightforward evasive beater with a real downside stapled on. It's fine in Limited, outclassed almost everywhere else.
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 |
Vaporkin sees its most charitable reception in Pauper, where a two-mana 2/1 flyer is at least a conversation — though even there it sits behind stronger common options. In Commander, Vaporkin is too small to matter; a 2/1 that can't block ground creatures is a liability at a 100-card table where board states grow fast. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have access to strictly better two-drop flyers, so Vaporkin never makes the cut in competitive lists. Oathbreaker is the one fringe case where a cheap evasive body could slot into a low-curve blue aggro shell, but better options exist there too.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Vaporkin sits firmly in bulk territory — the kind of card you pull from a common box without thinking twice. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; demand is low enough that it's unlikely to move in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.