Acrobatic Leap
Instant
Target creature gets +1/+3 and gains flying until end of turn. Untap it.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- The Lost Caverns of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #11173
Acrobatic Leap is a one-mana instant that grants flying and +1/+1 until end of turn — the kind of effect that trades at card disadvantage in almost every context. It's filler in formats that can do better, and it never stops being filler.
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 |
Acrobatic Leap is legal everywhere and good nowhere. In Commander, combat tricks are already low-priority, and a single-target cantrip-less flying grant at one mana doesn't move the needle against a table of three opponents. Competitive formats like Modern and Legacy have Gut Shot, Mutagenic Growth, and Slip Out the Back filling the one-mana instant role with far more upside. Pauper is the one format where you might see it show up in a niche white aggro shell, purely because the card pool is shallow enough to reward cheap evasion grants — but even there, better options exist.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Acrobatic Leap sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects exactly what the card is worth. Don't expect movement in either direction — bulk commons with no competitive application stay bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.