Wingspan Mentor
Creature — Human Wizard
When this creature enters, put a flying counter on target non-Human creature you control.
, 
: Put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- New Capenna Commander
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #16083
Wingspan Mentor puts a +1/+1 counter on every creature with flying that enters under your control — an always-on anthem that scales with your board rather than asking you to do anything extra. The cost is a two-mana 1/1 with no evasion, so it lives and dies by whether your deck floods the board with fliers fast enough to justify the slot; in Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor builds, that condition is almost always met.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor creates a steady stream of Dinosaur tokens with flying, which means Wingspan Mentor is effectively a static buff that stacks counters on every token the moment it hits the battlefield — the combination turns incremental board development into a snowballing threat.
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 |
Wingspan Mentor is a Commander card first and foremost — the payoff compounds over a long game with multiple creatures entering, which is exactly the kind of attrition environment where a passive counter-stacker earns its keep. In Modern and Pioneer, a two-mana 1/1 with no immediate impact on the board is too slow against interaction-heavy fields, and dedicated flier synergies simply aren't competitive at those power levels. Legacy and Vintage are similarly hostile; the card does nothing the turn it enters and folds to any removal. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander logic in a compressed form, and flier-centric builds there get real mileage out of it. Treat Wingspan Mentor as a 99-card-format card with a narrow but genuine niche.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Wingspan Mentor is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common bin or adding it to a cart to hit a free-shipping threshold. Bulk rares at this price point don't hold or gain value in the secondary market, so buy it for the deck, not the binder.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Owen Grady, Raptor Trainer // Blue, Loyal Raptor
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.