Carrion Screecher
Creature — Zombie Bird
Flying
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Game Night 2019
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #27216
Carrion Screecher is a 3/3 flier for four mana with no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond flying, and no upside — a statline that was mediocre at printing and hasn't aged well. Run it only if you're explicitly filling a Zombie or tribal slot at the absolute bottom of your budget.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Carrion Screecher is legal in every major format but sees meaningful play in none of them. In Pauper, where commons compete hardest on rate, a vanilla 3/3 flier for four loses badly to alternatives with actual text. In Commander, tribal Zombie decks have access to lords, recursion engines, and utility fliers that all outclass it — Carrion Screecher doesn't make cuts in any but the most casual builds. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, it simply doesn't exist as a consideration.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Carrion Screecher is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a draft chaff box. There's no meaningful demand to push the price anywhere, so that $0.13 ceiling is effectively permanent.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.