Crackling Drake

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Crackling Drake: Creature - Drake, Ravnica Remastered. Flying. MTG card printings, market prices, rulings, and format legality on Mana Grove.

Mana cost
{U}{U}{R}{R}
Mana value
4
Type
Creature - Drake
Colour identity
Blue and red (UR)
Power / toughness
*/4
Rarity
Uncommon
Set
Ravnica Remastered (RVR)
Released
2024-01-12
Collector number
174
Artist
Victor Adame Minguez
Commander rank
10,513 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
Keywords
Flying

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About Crackling Drake

Crackling Drake is a Magic: The Gathering card, an uncommon blue and red creature from Ravnica Remastered (RVR), a Masters set released in January 2024. It is collector number 174 in that set, with art by Victor Adame Minguez. It costs {U}{U}{R}{R} (two blue and two red mana) to cast, for a mana value of 4. It is a */4 creature. Its colour identity is blue and red. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless and Gladiator. It has been printed in 5 sets, from Guilds of Ravnica (2018) to Ravnica Remastered (2024). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.19 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-12).

Card text

Flying

Crackling Drake's power is equal to the total number of instant and sorcery cards you own in exile and in your graveyard.

When this creature enters, draw a card.

Market price

Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.19 (as of 2026-11-12).

The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.

Format legality

Legality of Crackling Drake by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.

PioneerLegal
ModernLegal
LegacyLegal
VintageLegal
CommanderLegal
Duel CommanderLegal
OathbreakerLegal
BrawlLegal
HistoricLegal
TimelessLegal
GladiatorLegal

Other printings of Crackling Drake

Crackling Drake has been printed in 5 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.

PrintingRarityYear
Ravnica Remastered (RVR) #362Uncommon2024
Commander 2021 (C21) #213Uncommon2021
Commander 2020 (C20) #206Uncommon2020
Commander 2019 (C19) #190Uncommon2019
Guilds of Ravnica (GRN) #163Uncommon2018

Official rulings

Two official rulings apply to Crackling Drake, newest first.

  • If any exiled cards you own are face down, they have no characteristics. If they're normally instants or sorceries, they won't be counted.
  • The ability that defines Crackling Drake's power works in all zones.

Similar cards

Other creature cards with a blue and red colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.

In these precons

Crackling Drake is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.

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