Foundry Screecher
Creature — Bat
Flying
This creature gets +1/+0 as long as you control an artifact.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #23726
Foundry Screecher is a narrow artifact-payoff flier that grows in artifact-heavy shells — useful in exactly that context and a dead card everywhere else. Two mana for a 1/1 with no immediate impact is a hard sell unless you're building around the artifact count.
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 |
Foundry Screecher is legal in Commander, Pauper, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the only format where it earns consistent consideration is Pauper, where artifact synergy decks operate at common rarity and every piece matters. In Commander, Foundry Screecher shows up in dedicated artifact strategies — think Breya, Etherium Shaper or Alibou, Ancient Witness shells — where the artifact count is high enough to make the scaling real. Outside of those niches, the card doesn't register in Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, or Vintage, where the competition at two mana is simply too stiff.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Foundry Screecher isn't currently available, but as a common artifact creature with a narrow use case, it historically sits well under a dollar and is easy to pick up from bulk bins or budget online orders. If you need it for a Pauper or budget Commander build, don't pay more than bulk.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.