Dancing Scimitar
Artifact Creature — Spirit
Flying (This creature can't be blocked except by creatures with flying or reach.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #24162
Dancing Scimitar is a 2/2 flyer for four mana with no additional text — a vanilla artifact creature that was outclassed by the time it was designed and has only fallen further behind since. There is no current Commander shell where Dancing Scimitar earns a slot over a card that actually does something.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Dancing Scimitar is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legality is not the same as relevance. In Commander, a 2/2 flying artifact for four mana has no competitive space — the format's card quality floor is simply too high. Legacy and Vintage have access to every tool in the game, and Dancing Scimitar offers nothing those formats would ever want. Modern has moved far past vanilla four-drops. It's legal nearly everywhere and sees play nowhere.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Dancing Scimitar isn't currently available, but as a long-forgotten vanilla creature with no competitive history, copies typically turn up in bulk bins for pennies. There's no practical reason to seek it out at any price.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.