Winged Coatl
Creature — Snake
Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.)
Flying
Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- GU
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Anthology
- Price
- $0.22
- EDHREC rank
- #16169
Winged Coatl is a three-mana instant-speed 1/1 with flash, flying, and deathtouch — which means it trades up with anything in the air and leaves your mana open until the end step. The cost is a body that dies to a stiff breeze, but deathtouch makes that irrelevant the moment it blocks.
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 |
In Commander, Winged Coatl earns its slot in Simic and Sultai flash or snake-tribal builds where holding up mana is the whole game plan — it threatens any attacker and replaces itself in the red zone. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive daylight, acting as a cheap, instant-speed answer to flying threats that budget decks otherwise struggle to answer. Legacy and Vintage have far more efficient tools, so Winged Coatl doesn't register there. It's a role-player, not a format staple, but in the formats where tempo and trickery matter at common rarity, it does exactly what you need.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.22 bulk tier
At $0.22, Winged Coatl is pure bulk — you're grabbing a playset out of a commons box, not tracking market movement. That price is stable because the card sees casual and Pauper play but nothing competitive enough to push demand higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.