Acrobatic Cheerleader
Creature — Human Survivor
Survival — At the beginning of your second main phase, if this creature is tapped, put a flying counter on it. This ability triggers only once.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Duskmourn: House of Horror
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #22026
Acrobatic Cheerleader is a 2/1 with lifelink and the ability to give another target creature lifelink until end of turn — relevant in lifegain synergy decks, forgettable everywhere else. The cost is a 2/1 body for two mana with no immediate board impact beyond the activated ability, which makes it easy to cut in any shell that isn't built around the mechanic.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Acrobatic Cheerleader finds a home in dedicated lifegain decks where the activated ability spreads lifelink to a finisher swinging for lethal — commanders like Oloro, Ageless Ascetic or Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim are natural fits. Outside that archetype, a 2/1 for two with a conditional activated ability is below the baseline for a 100-card format. In constructed formats like Standard, Modern, and Pioneer, Acrobatic Cheerleader competes in aggressive white strategies that want to accrue life totals, but stronger lifelink creatures at the same cost make it a fringe inclusion at best. Pauper is the format where it has the most plausible niche, as the common slot is more forgiving of modest stats when the effect is on-theme.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Acrobatic Cheerleader is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not power. There's no meaningful price floor to drop from here, so it's a zero-risk pickup for any lifegain build that wants the effect.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.