Giltgrove Stalker
Creature — Merfolk Warrior
This creature can't be blocked by creatures with power 2 or less.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #27159
Giltgrove Stalker is a two-mana 2/1 with ward 2 and the ability to become unblockable by tapping two untapped creatures you control — solid evasion stapled to a cheap body. It earns a slot in go-wide or combat-focused green decks that can reliably fuel the tap cost, and nowhere else.
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 |
Giltgrove Stalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it fits aggressive go-wide strategies that want a cheap, evasive threat — the ward 2 adds meaningful protection against targeted removal in a format where spot removal is common. In Pauper it's a reasonable consideration for green creature decks that can activate the unblockable condition consistently, though the format's speed means a 2/1 body has to justify its slot. In Modern and Legacy the bar is simply too high — a 2/1 that requires tapping two creatures to slip through doesn't compete with what those formats offer at two mana.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Giltgrove Stalker is deep bulk — the kind of card you pick up as an afterthought in a trade binder. There's no realistic demand driver that moves a card like this off the floor, so expect it to stay there.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.