Whip-Spine Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Future Sight
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #31014
Whip-Spine Drake gives you a 3/3 flyer with morph — the unflip is a free Fog effect that can reset a combat mid-swing. Five mana to unmorphh is steep for a tempo trick, so it earns its slot only in decks that specifically exploit morph synergies.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Whip-Spine Drake is a bulk common that sees essentially zero play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern — formats too fast and threat-dense for a five-mana morph payoff. In Pauper it's legal but faces stiff competition from more efficient common flyers. Commander is where Whip-Spine Drake has any real home, and even there it's a role-player in dedicated morph or face-down tribal builds rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Whip-Spine Drake is deep bulk — you're buying it out of a common box, not tracking it on a price site. Demand is narrow enough that this price isn't going anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.