High-Rise Sawjack
Creature — Elf Citizen
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
Whenever this creature blocks a creature with flying, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Streets of New Capenna
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #22172
High-Rise Sawjack puts a 3/3 body on the board with a built-in way to generate tokens or value — but the mana cost has to justify the slot against a deep field of competitors. It doesn't clear that bar in most lists.
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 |
High-Rise Sawjack is legal in Commander, Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but its home — if it has one — is Pauper, where the common card pool is thin enough that a 3/3 with upside can matter. In Commander, the 100-card singleton format demands cards that pull weight immediately or enable a combo line, and High-Rise Sawjack doesn't do either at a meaningful rate. Modern and Pioneer have enough efficient threats at the same cost that it won't see competitive play there.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, High-Rise Sawjack is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a common box, not paying for it. Bulk commons this narrow in application don't appreciate, so there's no reason to stock up beyond one copy for the one deck that actually wants it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.