Flowstone Shambler
Creature — Beast
: This creature gets +1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ninth Edition
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30881
Flowstone Shambler is a five-mana 2/2 that can pump its own power at the cost of toughness — a payoff so marginal that nearly every red deck has a stronger option at this slot. The activation is slow, the base stats are embarrassing, and the ceiling is a fragile threat that folds to any damage-based removal.
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 |
Flowstone Shambler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper it competes against a deep pool of efficient common creatures and loses badly on rate. In Commander, five mana for a 2/2 with a self-pump ability that costs more mana and shrinks toughness is not a serious threat in any shell — even decks that want redundant sacrifice fodder or +1/+1 counter synergies have far better options. Flowstone Shambler is essentially unplayed across every format it's legal in.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Price data for Flowstone Shambler isn't currently available, but cards of this power level typically sit in bulk-rare or bulk-common territory — pennies, if that. There's no competitive demand driving the price up, so don't expect to move copies for anything meaningful.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.