Vesuvan Drifter
Vesuvan Drifter: Creature - Shapeshifter, March of the Machine: The Aftermath. Flying. You may look at the top card of your library any time. On Mana Grove.
- Mana cost
- {2}{U}
- Mana value
- 3
- Type
- Creature - Shapeshifter
- Colour identity
- Blue (U)
- Power / toughness
- 2/4
- Rarity
- Rare
- Set
- March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT)
- Released
- 2023-05-12
- Collector number
- 10
- Artist
- Julia Metzger
- Commander rank
- 10,888 (by how often it appears in Commander decks)
- Keywords
- Flying
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About Vesuvan Drifter
Vesuvan Drifter is a Magic: The Gathering card, a rare blue creature from March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT), an expansion set released in May 2023. It is collector number 10 in that set, with art by Julia Metzger. It costs {2}{U} (two generic and one blue mana) to cast, for a mana value of 3. It is a 2/4 creature. Its colour identity is blue. It is legal in Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Oathbreaker, Brawl, Historic, Timeless, Gladiator and Penny Dreadful. It has been printed in 2 sets, from The List (2020) to March of the Machine: The Aftermath (2023). The latest aggregated market price for this printing is $0.44 (normal finish, as of 2026-11-01).
Card text
Flying
You may look at the top card of your library any time.
At the beginning of each combat, you may reveal the top card of your library. If you reveal a creature card this way, this creature becomes a copy of that card until end of turn, except it has flying.
Market price
Latest aggregated market price for the normal finish of this printing: $0.44 (as of 2026-11-01).
The figure covers this printing only; other printings carry their own price on their own page.
Format legality
Legality of Vesuvan Drifter by format. Formats in which it is not legal are not listed.
| Pioneer | Legal |
|---|---|
| Modern | Legal |
| Legacy | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
| Commander | Legal |
| Duel Commander | Legal |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Brawl | Legal |
| Historic | Legal |
| Timeless | Legal |
| Gladiator | Legal |
| Penny Dreadful | Legal |
Other printings of Vesuvan Drifter
Vesuvan Drifter has been printed in 2 sets. The other printings are listed newest first, with the rarity and release year of each.
| Printing | Rarity | Year |
|---|---|---|
| The List (PLST) #MAT-10 | Rare | 2026 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #110 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #156 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #194 | Rare | 2023 |
| March of the Machine: The Aftermath (MAT) #60 | Rare | 2023 |
Official rulings
Six official rulings apply to Vesuvan Drifter, newest first.
- If the copied creature card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
- Vesuvan Drifter lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction-see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
- Any non-copy effect that began to apply to Vesuvan Drifter before it became a copy of a creature card will continue to apply to it after it becomes a copy. Auras and Equipment attached to Vesuvan Drifter will continue to work, as well as counters that change its power and toughness.
- Notably, while Vesuvan Drifter is a copy of another card, it doesn't have its own abilities. You won't be able to look at the top card of your library unless another effect allows you to do so.
- Vesuvan Drifter copies exactly what was printed on the original creature card and nothing else, except it has flying.
- If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
Similar cards
Other creature cards with a blue colour identity, ranked by how often they appear in Commander decks.
In these precons
Vesuvan Drifter is in the decklist of these preconstructed Commander decks.