Vigilant Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
: Untap this creature.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Beatdown Box Set
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #30744
Vigilant Drake is a 3/3 flier with vigilance for four mana — a statline that was passable years ago and is simply outclassed today. Bulk rare for a reason: the competition at this slot is brutal, and Vigilant Drake offers nothing unique to justify the slot.
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 |
Vigilant Drake is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but being legal and being playable are different things. In Pauper it's a common, so the bar is lower — but even there, a vanilla 3/3 flier with vigilance for four doesn't clear it when tempo matters. In Commander, Vigilant Drake competes against every efficient flier ever printed, and a 3/3 body at four mana contributes almost nothing to a 100-card strategy. Legacy and Vintage ignore it entirely.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Vigilant Drake is deep bulk — it costs more to sleeve than to buy. That price won't move; there's no competitive demand and no Commander breakout waiting to happen.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.