Vexing Gull
Creature — Bird
Flash
Flying
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #24675
Vexing Gull is a one-mana 2/1 flyer with flash — the kind of threat that trades up in combat or connects for two in the air before your opponent can react. The cost is a fragile body with no enters-the-battlefield effect, so it lives and dies by whether your deck can actually leverage that aggressive stat line.
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 |
In Commander, Vexing Gull is fringe at best — a 2/1 flash flyer doesn't move the needle in a 40-life format where your opponents are deploying five-drops on turn three. Pauper is where Vexing Gull has the most legitimate claim: one mana for a 2/1 with flash and flying is a real rate at common, and blue aggressive shells genuinely want evasive threats that can ambush attackers. In Modern and Legacy the bar is simply too high; there are stronger one-drops competing for the same slot. Pioneer sees the same problem — the format's threats have outpaced a vanilla-adjacent 2/1.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Vexing Gull is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. There's no pressure to buy in at any price, and no realistic scenario where this appreciates.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.