Gilded Drake 
Reserved ListCreature — Drake
Oracle Text
Flying
When this creature enters, exchange control of this creature and up to one target creature an opponent controls. If you don't or can't make an exchange, sacrifice this creature. This ability still resolves if its target becomes illegal.
Format Legality
LegacyVintagePremodernDuel Commander
Competitive Play by Format
Top 8 decklists that played Gilded Drake, by format.
| Format | Decks 30d | Avg 30d | Decks 12mo | Avg 12mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Legacy | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1.1 |
| Premodern | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1.1 |
| Duel Commander | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Vintage | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Details
- Set
- Urza's Saga
- Rarity
- Rare
- Mana value
- 2
- Collector #
- 76
Non-foil
Recent Top-8 Decks Playing Gilded Drake
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (23)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 2 Wall of Blossoms
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Waterfront Bouncer
- 1 Yavimaya Granger
- 1 Goblin Sharpshooter
- 1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
- 1 Nantuko Vigilante
- 1 Deranged Hermit
- 1 Anger
- 2 Tradewind Rider
- 1 Masticore
- 1 Kamahl, Fist of Krosa
- 1 Basking Rootwalla
- 1 Birchlore Rangers
- 4 Birds of Paradise
- 3 Fyndhorn Elves
- 3 Llanowar Elves
- 3 Wirewood Symbiote
- 3 Multani's Acolyte
- 1 Shrieking Drake
Instants (1)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (19)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (11)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (18)
Instants (10)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
3
Final: 3 | Swiss: 6
Main Deck
Creatures (21)
Instants (7)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 3 Orcish Bowmasters
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 3 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 4 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 3 Solitude
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 1 Meddling Mage
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 3 Orcish Bowmasters
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 3 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 4 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 3 Solitude
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 1 Meddling Mage
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 3 Orcish Bowmasters
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 3 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 4 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 3 Solitude
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 1 Meddling Mage
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (29)
Instants (2)
Lands (20)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (33)
- 4 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 3 Orcish Bowmasters
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 3 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Opposition Agent
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 2 Recruiter of the Guard
- 4 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 3 Solitude
- 1 Baleful Strix
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 1 Meddling Mage
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
2
Final: 2 | Swiss: 1
Main Deck
Creatures (17)
Sorceries (10)
Sideboard
7
Final: 7 | Swiss: 7
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
Instants (2)
Enchantments (4)
Lands (22)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (34)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
8
Final: 8 | Swiss: 8
Main Deck
Creatures (28)
Instants (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 3
Main Deck
Creatures (32)
- 3 Aang, Swift Savior
- 1 Abhorrent Oculus
- 1 Boggart Trawler
- 1 Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
- 2 Overlord of the Balemurk
- 4 Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd
- 3 Recruiter of the Guard
- 3 Solitude
- 1 Witch Enchanter
- 4 Orcish Bowmasters
- 1 Aven Interrupter
- 1 Skyclave Apparition
- 1 Glasspool Mimic
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 3 Quantum Riddler
- 2 Baleful Strix
Instants (14)
Artifacts (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (28)
Sideboard
Main Deck
Creatures (13)
Sorceries (4)
Instants (16)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (2)
Lands (21)
Sideboard
6
Final: 6 | Swiss: 5
Main Deck
Creatures (36)
- 1 Haywire Mite
- 1 Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
- 1 Springheart Nantuko
- 1 Wall of Blossoms
- 1 Wall of Roots
- 1 Endurance
- 1 Nadu, Winged Wisdom
- 1 Mystic Snake
- 1 Faerie Mastermind
- 1 Gilded Drake
- 1 Brazen Borrower
- 1 Harbinger of the Seas
- 1 True-Name Nemesis
- 1 Spellskite
- 1 Six
- 1 Aboleth Spawn
- 1 Hullbreacher
- 1 Tishana's Tidebinder
- 1 Subtlety
- 1 Urza, Lord High Artificer
- 1 Disciple of Freyalise
- 1 Sab-Sunen, Luxa Embodied
- 1 Quantum Riddler
- 1 Marang River Regent
- 1 Arbor Elf
- 1 Birds of Paradise
- 1 Boreal Druid
- 1 Delighted Halfling
- 1 Elvish Mystic
- 1 Fyndhorn Elves
- 1 Llanowar Elves
- 1 Sylvan Safekeeper
- 1 Keen-Eyed Curator
- 1 Ice-Fang Coatl
- 1 Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student
- 1 Mockingbird
Sorceries (7)
Instants (13)
Artifacts (4)
Enchantments (4)
Planeswalkers (1)
Lands (34)
- 1 Barkchannel Pathway
- 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
- 1 Botanical Sanctum
- 1 Breeding Pool
- 1 Command Tower
- 1 Dreamroot Cascade
- 1 Dryad Arbor
- 1 Flooded Grove
- 1 Flooded Strand
- 1 Gemstone Caverns
- 1 Hedge Maze
- 1 Hinterland Harbor
- 1 Misty Rainforest
- 1 Multiversal Passage
- 1 Otawara, Soaring City
- 1 Pendelhaven
- 1 Polluted Delta
- 1 Prismatic Vista
- 1 Scalding Tarn
- 3 Snow-Covered Forest
- 4 Snow-Covered Island
- 1 Tropical Island
- 1 Urza's Saga
- 1 Verdant Catacombs
- 1 Willowrush Verge
- 1 Windswept Heath
- 1 Wooded Foothills
- 1 Yavimaya Coast
- 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
