Canopy Stalker
Creature — Cat
This creature must be blocked if able.
When this creature dies, you gain 1 life for each creature that died this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #23057
Canopy Stalker enters as a 3/2 with first strike, but that stat line costs four mana — a rate that gets outclassed by nearly every comparable creature in powered formats. It's a bulk common for a reason, and the only shell that wants it is one specifically counting creatures for a payoff.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Canopy Stalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but that legal status doesn't translate to playability in any of them. In Commander, a 3/2 first striker for four mana needs an attached trigger or anthem effect to earn a slot — Canopy Stalker has neither, making it a cut before the deck is even finished. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy, the bar for four-mana creatures starts at immediate board impact or game-ending text, and Canopy Stalker clears neither threshold. Oathbreaker inherits the same Commander logic; this card sits on the bench in every 60-card and 100-card context alike.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Canopy Stalker is deep bulk — the kind of card you find in a draft chaff box, not a trade binder. That price reflects its playability ceiling accurately, and there's no demand driver on the horizon that would move it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.