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Edgewalker

Creature — Human Cleric

Cleric spells you cast cost {W}{B} less to cast. This effect reduces only the amount of colored mana you pay. (For example, if you cast a Cleric spell with mana cost {1}{W}, it costs {1} to cast.)

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{W}{B}
Color identity
BW
Rarity
uncommon
Set
Scourge
Price
$0.76
EDHREC rank
#10566
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Edgewalker card art
Edgewalker makes every Cleric spell you cast cost up to two generic mana less, which in a dedicated Cleric tribal shell translates to free or nearly-free creatures as early as turn three. The cost is running a 2/2 for three mana that does nothing the turn it enters — acceptable given that Orah, Skyclave Hierophant can recur it, and tricks like Shields of Velis Vel turn your whole board into Clerics mid-combat to squeeze out extra value.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Orah, Skyclave Hierophant

Orah, Skyclave Hierophant

84.6% of decks · synergy 0.82

Orah, Skyclave Hierophant is the definitive Edgewalker home — Orah's triggered recursion engine wants a dense Cleric board deployed as fast as possible, and Edgewalker shaves enough mana to let you flood the board a full turn ahead of schedule.

02
Athreos, God of Passage

Athreos, God of Passage

46.9% of decks · synergy 0.44

Athreos, God of Passage builds around Clerics and Humans dying and returning, and Edgewalker makes each iteration of that loop cheaper — opponents paying three life to keep your Clerics in the graveyard feels worse when you were barely paying for them in the first place.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper not legal
oathbreaker legal

Edgewalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In Legacy and Vintage, Cleric tribal has no competitive presence, and a 2/2 for three mana that doesn't impact the board immediately can't compete with the pace of those formats. Commander is where the card thrives — 100-card singleton makes tribal payoffs like Edgewalker more valuable, and the slower pace gives it time to generate the mana advantage it promises. In Oathbreaker it's technically playable but the format's smaller life totals and faster closing windows make it marginal outside a dedicated Cleric build.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.76 bulk tier

At $0.76, Edgewalker sits in bulk territory, which is accurate for a card with a narrow tribal application and no crossover into competitive formats. It won't climb without a pushed Cleric commander or a Cleric tribal staple that breaks the archetype wide open, so pick it up cheaply now if you're building the deck and don't expect it to move.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.