Thunderclap Drake
Thunderclap Drake: Creature - Drake, Secrets of Strixhaven Commander. Flying. Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 1 less to cast. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {1}{U}
- Mana value
- 2
- Type
- Creature - Drake
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/1
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC)
- Released
- 2026-04-24
- Collector number
- 204
- Artist
- Kaitlyn McCulley
- Commander rank
- 2,138 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Thunderclap Drake
Thunderclap Drake is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (SOC), a Commander product released in April 2026. It is collector number 204 in that set, with art by Kaitlyn McCulley. It costs {1}{U} (one generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 2. It is a 2/1 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander and Oathbreaker. It has been printed in 2 sets, from Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024) to Secrets of Strixhaven Commander (2026). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.98 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-02).
Card text
Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost {1} less to cast.
{2}{U}, Sacrifice this creature: When you next cast an instant or sorcery spell this turn, copy it for each time you've cast your commander from the command zone this game. You may choose new targets for the copies.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.98 (as of 2026-11-02).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Thunderclap Drake by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Legacy | Legal |
|---|---|
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
Other printings of Thunderclap Drake
Thunderclap Drake has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #17 | Rare | 2024 |
| Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) #53 | Rare | 2024 |
Official rulings
The 8 most recent official rulings for Thunderclap Drake, newest first.
- The copies made by Thunderclap Drake's delayed triggered ability are created on the stack, so they're not "cast."
- If a spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copies will have the same value of X.
- If the spell that's copied divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets, the division and number of targets can't be changed.
- You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copies. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copies too.
- If you have multiple commanders, you'll copy the next instant or sorcery spell you cast this turn for each time you've cast either of them. For example, if you've cast one commander once and one twice, you'll copy that spell three times.
- Thunderclap Drake's second ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that spell's cost.
- Thunderclap Drake's second ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay to cast instant and sorcery spells.
- If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says "Choose one -" or the like), the copies will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose different ones.
Similar cards
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In these precons
Thunderclap Drake is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.