Gust-Skimmer
Artifact Creature — Insect
: This creature gains flying until end of turn.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Masters 2015
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #29886
Gust-Skimmer is a 2/1 artifact creature that can pay one mana to gain flying until end of turn — a conditional evasion staple that costs almost nothing to include. It's serviceable in niche artifact or equipment shells but rarely better than a slot-filler in anything else.
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 |
Gust-Skimmer sees essentially no play in Legacy, Vintage, or Modern, where the card pool is deep enough that a 2/1 with conditional flying never makes the cut. In Pauper, it's a legal common but competes poorly against more efficient creatures at the same cost. Commander is where Gust-Skimmer finds its most plausible home, slotting into artifact-matters or Voltaic-style equipment builds where being an artifact body matters more than raw stats — though even there, it's a borderline include rather than a staple.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Gust-Skimmer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card itself. Value is stable in the sense that there's nowhere lower to go, but don't expect it to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.