First printed in Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (2024)
Creature — Drake
Flying
Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 
less to cast.
, 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.
2/1
- Illustrated by
- Kaitlyn McCulley
Legality
- Legal in
- Legacy, Vintage, Commander, Duel Commander, Tiny Leaders, Oathbreaker
- Not legal in
- Standard, Pioneer, Modern, Pauper, Future Standard, Historic, Timeless, Alchemy, Penny Dreadful, Premodern, Old School 93/94, Gladiator, Pauper Commander, PreDH, Brawl, Standard Brawl, Competitive Brawl
Rulings (9)
- 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.
- The last sentence of Thunderclap Drake's rules text was inadvertently omitted from the card. Its Oracle text has been updated to include that sentence.
Prices
MTGO price: 2.04 TIX, the cheapest non-foil print (average sell price on GoatBots, 1 Nov 2026).
Combos
32 combos, the most popular first:
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Rite of Replication + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Cackling Counterpart + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Irenicus's Vile Duplication + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Quasiduplicate + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Replication Technique + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Quantum Misalignment + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Three Steps Ahead + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Sublime Epiphany + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Croaking Counterpart + Thunderclap Drake
- Win the game: Biovisionary + Repudiate // Replicate + Thunderclap Drake
