Cliff Threader
Creature — Kor Scout
Mountainwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Mountain.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #29414
Cliff Threader is a 2/1 mountainwalk creature for two mana — it connects freely against any red player but does nothing against anyone else. Efficient stats for its cost, but the conditional evasion makes it too situational for most Commander tables.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Cliff Threader is a fringe inclusion at best — mountainwalk is only relevant when an opponent runs red, and most tables have at least one red deck, but a 2/1 body rarely matters at 40 life totals. Pauper is where Cliff Threader has the most theoretical home, slotting into aggressive red or Gruul strategies where mountainwalk becomes guaranteed evasion on a curve-friendly body. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, it simply doesn't compete with the power level of legal alternatives. The card is functional but niche — play it if your meta makes mountainwalk a reliable evasion type, skip it everywhere else.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Cliff Threader sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — conditional evasion creatures with narrow applications don't climb in price. Grab it freely as a throw-in, but don't expect any financial upside.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.