Snapping Drake
Ravnica: City of Guilds 64 • common
- Set
- Ravnica: City of Guilds
- Collector number
- 64
- Rarity
- Common
- Mana cost
- 3 generic mana blue mana
- Type
- Creature
- Colors
- Blue
- Artist
- Dave Dorman
- Market price
- $0.16
What it does
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
The irritable drakes are solitary nesters. Even brooding females barely contain the urge to attack their own young.
Where you can play it
- StandardNot legal
- PioneerLegal
- ModernLegal
- LegacyLegal
- VintageLegal
- CommanderLegal
- PauperLegal
- BrawlLegal
- HistoricLegal
- TimelessLegal
- Penny DreadfulLegal
- OathbreakerLegal
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Where it came from
Snapping Drake was released in 2005 as part of the Ravnica: City of Guilds set, the inaugural expansion for the Ravnica block in the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Designed as a common-rarity creature to provide a reliable aerial threat for blue-aligned decks in the Limited format, the card reflects the set's urban-fantasy aesthetic, which focused on the intricate political and magical interplay of the world-spanning city-plane of Ravnica.
The illustration was rendered by artist Greg Staples, who utilized a dramatic, low-angle perspective to emphasize the creature's predatory nature against the cityscape. The card was well-regarded by players for its utility in the 'draft' environment, serving as an efficient 'flyer' that helped define the tempo of blue decks during the set's lifespan, contributing to the broader mechanical identity of the color blue within the Ravnica block.
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