Card Type: Legendary Creature – Human Warrior Pilot
Converted Mana Cost: 2
Power / Toughness: 2 / 2
Equipment and Vehicle spells you cast cost 1 less to cast.
Jump — During your turn, Cid has flying.
2, T: Return target Equipment or Vehicle card from your graveyard to your hand.
Cid, Freeflier Pilot is the Cid from Finial Fantasy VII. His abilities reflect his character from Final Fantasy VII. He supports Cloud and their team during their adventure. He is a pilot for the party. Cid, Freeflier Pilot supports decks with equipment and vehicles. This legendary creature adds consistency to decks with equipment and vehicles.
Sets:
| Release Date | Set Number | Set | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6/13/2025 | 0131 | Magic: The Gathering®—FINAL FANTASY | Rare |
First Ability:
Cid, Freeflier Pilot reduces the cost of casting equipment and vehicles. This ability reduces the cost to cast these cards by one mana. He conserves your lands for other resources.
Furthermore, Cid, Freeflier Pilot has synergy with equipment and vehicles with the cost of one mana. He allows you to play these cards for free. You may use your lands for other spells or for the cost to equip the equipment to your creatures.
For instance, Crystal Fragments and Excalibur II only cost one mana. Cid, Freeflier Pilot allows you to cast these equipment cards for free. You may quickly play these cards for your strategy.
Adventurer’s Airship is a good vehicle alongside Cid, Freeflier Pilot. Cid, Freeflier Pilot reduces the cost of this card from three to two mana. You an play this vehicle in the early game at a low cost.
Play these equipment cards with Cid, Freeflier Pilot!
- Crystal Fragments
- Excalibur II
Play these vehicle cards with Cid, Freeflier Pilot!
- Adventurer’s Airship
- Tornado, Sonic’s Biplane
Second Ability:
Cid, Freeflier Pilot has the ability of jump from Final Fantasy. This effect gives flying to him during your turn. He can easily attack the opponent.
Furthermore, the opponent can only use creatures with flying and reach to block Cid, Freeflier Pilot. This legendary creature can inflict minor damage to the player or a planeswalker. He can inflict damage in the early game if the opponent cannot block him.
However, Cid, Freeflier Pilot does not have flying during the opponent’s turn. He is unable to lock any opponent’s creatures with flying. You can become vulnerable to the opponent’s creatures.
Third Ability:
Cid, Freeflier Pilot may return an equipment or vehicle from the graveyard to the hand. This ability adds consistency to a deck. This ability allows you to regain access to an equipment or vehicle.
Furthermore, Cid, Freeflier Pilot is a great option for the recovery of an equipment and vehicle. An opponent will send these types of cards to the graveyard. They want to remove these key cards from your field. Cid, Freeflier Pilot ensures consistency to your strategy because you can easily regain those cards, and you may play them again when you can pay the cost.
Commander:
Cid, Freeflier Pilot is good support for commanders with effects for equipment and vehicles. He belongs in the deck instead of the command zone. His abilities add consistency these types of decks.
First, Cid, Freeflier Pilot is a great card for a commander such as Cloud, Midgar Mercenary. This deck focuses on equipment for Cloud. Cid, Freeflier Pilot reduces the cost of the equipment and returns equipment from the graveyard to the hand.
Second, Cid, Freeflier Pilot is a good card for Balthier and Fran as the commander. This deck’s strategy uses vehicles. You can reduce the mana cost to cast these vehicles with Cid, Freeflier Pilot.
Support:
Cid, Freeflier Pilot is a good addition to decks with equipment and vehicles. He has a low cost for his mana. You can easily add him in a deck and cast him early in games.
Furthermore, Cid, Freeflier Pilot supports all versions of Cloud in every format. Cloud Ex-Soldier, Cloud Midgar Mercenary, Cloud Planet’s Champion have abilities for equipment. You want to lower the cost of these equipment cards with Cid, Freeflier Pilot’s effect.
In addition, General Leo Cristophe provides access to Cid, Freeflier Pilot. General Leo Cristophe can return Cid, Freeflier Pilot from the graveyard to the battlefield. The opponent will likely target this legendary creature with spells to remove your advantage with him reducing the cost of your equipment. You can regain your advantage when General Leo Cristophe returns him to the battlefield.
Cid, Freeflier Pilot is also great support for decks with Miles “Tails” Prower. This deck uses Tornado, Sonic’s Biplane. Cid, Freeflier Pilot reduces the cost of Tornado, Sonic’s Biplane to three mana.
Play these cards with Cid, Freeflier Pilot!
- Balthier and Fran
- Cloud, Midgar Mercenary
- General Leo Cristophe
- Miles “Tails” Prower
Card Rating:
Overall, Cid, Freeflier Pilot has a lot of value in decks with equipment and vehicles. He only fits in these types of decks. The reduction of the cost for equipment and vehicles is a great advantage. He adds consistency and speed to these decks. Therefore, I recommend playing Cid, Freeflier Pilot in decks with equipment and vehicles.
Card Rating: 3.0 out of 5.0 stars
