Volatile Stormdrake
MH3Modern Horizons 3/#79/2024Rare
Colour IDMV 2
Current paper retail
Card Kingdom$2.29
Cardmarket€0.71
ManaPool$0.36
TCGplayer$1.03
Buylist (dealers pay)
Card Kingdom$0.80
MTGO (Cardhoarder)
retail$0.02 tix
Paper retail history (USD)
3 providers
Latest $2.29High $2.29Low $0.99▲ 131.3%
Market and collecting
Market overview
$1.03TCGplayer, USD, retail, nonfoil
Latest observation: 2026-11-10
7d▼ 16.3%30d▲ 9.6%90d▲ 53.7%
90d high
$1.33
90d low
$0.62
Paper printings priced
4
Currently 1st
Cheapest paper printing
$1.03
Modern Horizons 3
- Up 9.6% over the last 30 days on TCGplayer.
- Currently 23% below its 90 day high of $1.33.
- This is the cheapest paper printing of the card currently priced (4 priced in total).
- Foil copies of this printing carry a 41% premium over nonfoil.
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Gameplay and rules
Creature — Drake
Flying, hexproof from activated and triggered abilities
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and target creature an opponent controls. If you do, you get , then sacrifice that creature unless you pay an amount of equal to its mana value.
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Keywords
FlyingHexproof fromHexproof
Card capabilities
CreatureProtection
Derived deterministically from card types, Oracle text and keywords. Not a strategic evaluation.
Format legality
Primary formats
Eternal formats
Rulings (13)
wotc7 Jun 2024
If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
wotc7 Jun 2024
Volatile Stormdrake can't be the target of any activated or triggered abilities your opponents control.
wotc7 Jun 2024
Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
wotc7 Jun 2024
Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
wotc7 Jun 2024
As Volatile Stormdrake's last ability resolves, Volatile Stormdrake must be on the battlefield and the target creature must be a legal target. If either of these things isn't true, the ability does nothing.
wotc7 Jun 2024
If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
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About this card
Volatile Stormdrake
Volatile Stormdrake is a Creature — Drake, with mana cost {1}{U} (mana value 2). Printed 4 times across MTG sets.
Format legality: Commander: legal, Modern: legal, Standard: not_legal, Pioneer: not_legal, Legacy: legal, Pauper: not_legal.
Current headline price on TCGplayer: $1.03 (up 9.6% over 30 days).
Frequently asked
Volatile Stormdrake FAQ
How much is Volatile Stormdrake worth?
The current TCGplayer USD retail price for Volatile Stormdrake is $1.03. It is up 9.6% over the last 30 days. Over 90 days it has ranged from $0.62 to $1.33.
What is the cheapest printing of Volatile Stormdrake?
The cheapest currently priced paper printing is from Modern Horizons 3 at $1.03 on TCGplayer.
What is the most expensive printing of Volatile Stormdrake?
The most expensive currently priced paper printing is from Modern Horizons 3 at $5.30 on TCGplayer.
How many printings of Volatile Stormdrake are there?
Volatile Stormdrake has been printed 4 times in English paper sets that MTGPrices tracks.
What set was Volatile Stormdrake first printed in?
The earliest English paper printing that MTGPrices tracks is from MH3 #79, released 2024-06-14.
Is there a foil version of Volatile Stormdrake?
Yes. On this printing, foil copies trade at $1.45 versus $1.03 for nonfoil, which is 41% more expensive on TCGplayer.
Is Volatile Stormdrake legal in Commander?
Yes, Volatile Stormdrake is currently legal in Commander per Scryfall's legality feed.
Is Volatile Stormdrake legal in Modern?
Yes, Volatile Stormdrake is currently legal in Modern per Scryfall's legality feed.