Sapphire Drake
Gatecrash 47 • uncommon
- Set
- Gatecrash
- Collector number
- 47
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Mana cost
- 5 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Steve Prescott
- Market price
- $0.17
What it does
Flying
Each creature you control with a +1/+1 counter on it has flying.
Sapphire drakes can communicate over great distances, their calls resonating in the gems fixed in their skulls.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperNot legal
- BrawlNot legal
- HistoricNot legal
- TimelessNot legal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
The Sapphire Drake was released in 2013 as part of the Gatecrash expansion for Magic: The Gathering. Set on the cityscape plane of Ravnica, the card was designed to represent the aerial combat capabilities of the Simic Combine, a guild focused on biological experimentation and adaptation. It served as a functional 'common' rarity card, intended to provide limited formats with a reliable, evasive creature capable of blocking or attacking in the air.
The card features an illustration by Nils Hamm, whose distinctive, organic art style often defined the look of Simic creatures during this era. Hamm chose to highlight the hybrid, manta-like physiological features of the drake, emphasizing the guild's signature blend of fluid, creature-based design and aquatic aesthetics. Upon its release, the card was received as a standard utility piece, appreciated by players for its straightforward role in stabilizing board states during draft environments.
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