Harrier Strix
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature enters, tap target permanent.
: Draw a card, then discard a card.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #7212
Harrier Strix lands as a 2/1 flyer with deathtouch — a combination that blanks almost every aerial attacker in the game the moment it enters. The cost is a two-mana body that dies to a stiff breeze, so you're running it for the deathtouch-plus-evasion package, not the stats, and in the right shell that package earns its slot cleanly — Kastral, the Windcrested in particular turns that deathtouch into active predation.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kastral, the Windcrested
Kastral, the Windcrested cares about birds and about winning combat in the air, and Harrier Strix delivers both — deathtouch on a flying body means every block and attack becomes a trade your opponents can't afford to take.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Vnwxt, Verbose Host rewards you for going wide with specific creature types, and Harrier Strix slots into that gameplan as a cheap evasive threat whose deathtouch punishes anyone trying to race through the air.
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Edric, Spymaster of Trest turns each unblocked attacker into a card, and Harrier Strix is almost always unblocked — opponents won't throw creatures in front of a deathtouch flyer, which means you draw and keep drawing.
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 |
In Commander, Harrier Strix earns its seat in bird tribal and evasion-matters builds, where deathtouch on a flyer does real defensive and offensive work without demanding much in return. In Pauper it's a legitimate playable — two-mana deathtouch flyers are scarce at common, and the stat line is acceptable for tempo strategies. Constructed formats like Pioneer and Modern have enough efficient two-drops that Harrier Strix rarely makes the cut outside of dedicated synergy shells, but the legality is there if a tribal or deathtouch-matters deck ever needs the slot.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Harrier Strix is bulk — you're paying almost nothing for a card that does exactly what it says. Bulk rares fluctuate, but a common-tier price on a narrow-use creature like this is stable; there's no meaningful price pressure to worry about either way.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.