Frilled Sparkshooter
Creature — Lizard Archer
Menace, reach
This creature enters with a +1/+1 counter on it if an opponent lost life this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Bloomburrow
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #13217
Frilled Sparkshooter puts a repeatable 1-damage ping on the board the turn it arrives, and in a format where commanders like Gev, Scaled Scorch reward every point of direct damage, that adds up fast. Two mana for a 1/3 with a tap ability is a fair rate when the ability fuels your entire game plan.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Gev, Scaled Scorch
Gev, Scaled Scorch turns every ping into a trigger, and Frilled Sparkshooter's tap ability delivers exactly that on demand — slot it in, tap it every turn, and watch Gev's damage multiplier do the rest.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Frilled Sparkshooter is legal everywhere but built for Commander, where its slow, repeatable pings have time to matter. In 60-card formats — Modern, Pioneer, Legacy — a 1/3 that taps to deal one damage can't compete with the raw efficiency of the card pool, and it won't see play there. Pauper is the one 60-card environment where incremental damage and a sturdy body occasionally earn a slot, but the tap ability is too slow without a dedicated shell. In Commander, it earns its place specifically in Gev, Scaled Scorch lists and similar ping-matters strategies; outside those, it's too narrow to justify the seat.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Frilled Sparkshooter is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick out of a dollar box without thinking twice. Bulk commons and uncommons with narrow appeal don't climb unless a new commander breaks the archetype wide open, so treat it as a free inclusion, not a spec.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.