Windstorm Drake
Creature — Drake
Flying
Other creatures you control with flying get +1/+0.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17630
Windstorm Drake hands every creature you control flying for three mana — a board-wide evasion grant stapled to a 3/3 body. In Cynette, Jelly Drover decks, that effect is the difference between a wide board of Jellies that can't punch through and one that closes games in the air.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Cynette, Jelly Drover
Cynette, Jelly Drover generates a swarm of Food and creature tokens that are useless in combat without evasion — Windstorm Drake turns that whole board into an aerial threat the moment it enters.
Alandra, Sky Dreamer
Alandra, Sky Dreamer rewards you for drawing multiple cards per turn by producing Drake tokens, and Windstorm Drake gives every one of those tokens — and every other flier in the pile — a mass evasion bonus that compounds fast.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Windstorm Drake is a Commander card through and through — the mass flying grant only scales up with token-wide boards, which is exactly the environment Commander creates. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern or Pioneer, a three-mana 3/3 that grants flying to your team is far too slow and narrow to see play when individual evasion is cheaper and more reliable. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters for the same reason. Windstorm Drake's home is Commander, specifically in blue token strategies where the ETB replaces the need to equip or enchant every creature individually.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Windstorm Drake is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box rather than buy. The price will stay flat; there's no competitive demand to push it, and it sees enough Commander play in its niche to avoid total irrelevance.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.