Canyon Crawler
Creature — Spider Beast
Deathtouch
When this creature enters, create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
Swampcycling (, Discard this card: Search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle.)
- CMC
- 6
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #15692
Canyon Crawler enters as a 2/2 with menace and cycling for one mana — that combination of immediate board presence and late-game card selection in a single card slot is the whole argument for running it. Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist decks snap it up because the cycling triggers matter as much as the body, and a 2/2 menace for two is already pulling its weight on rate.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist rewards every cycle with a bone counter trigger, and Canyon Crawler delivers a cheap, on-rate body that either attacks profitably thanks to menace or replaces itself when the board state makes cycling better than swinging.
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, Canyon Crawler slots into Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist builds as a floor-setting threat — menace means it trades up or connects in the early game, and cycling ensures it never bricks in hand when you need action at four or five mana. In Pauper, a 2/2 menace for two with cycling is competitive on rate and fits aggressive red strategies that want both early pressure and late-game cycle payoffs. Constructed formats above Pauper have too much raw power for Canyon Crawler to earn a slot outside of highly specific cycling-matters shells.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Canyon Crawler is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up in a bundle without noticing. There is no meaningful price floor risk here; it costs less than postage and fits any budget.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.