Elite Skirmisher
Creature — Human Soldier
Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, you may tap target creature.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Foundations Jumpstart
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #26428
Elite Skirmisher taps a creature on attack, which is real disruption — blocking becomes someone else's problem. The cost is three mana for a 2/2 with no evasion, which is a bad rate in any format where better options exist.
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 |
In Commander, Elite Skirmisher slots into go-wide white aggro builds that want to lock down blockers on the swing, but it competes with cheaper and more impactful tap effects and rarely makes the cut in tuned lists. Pauper is where Elite Skirmisher has the most plausible home — the format's slower clock makes a repeatable tap ability more meaningful, and the creature pool thins out the competition considerably. In Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage, three mana for a 2/2 is a non-starter; the effect doesn't compensate for the inefficiency at those speeds.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Elite Skirmisher is pure bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. That price is stable because demand is essentially zero, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.