Icatian Crier
Creature — Human Spellshaper
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, Discard a card: Create two 1/1 white Citizen creature tokens.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Ultimate Masters
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #24298
Icatian Crier turns any discard into a 1/1 Citizen token at instant speed — relevant in token synergy decks that want both the discard outlet and a body for the cost. Two mana to cast and one mana per activation is fair for what it does, but the ceiling is only as high as how much your deck rewards flooding the board with tokens.
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 |
In Commander, Icatian Crier earns a slot in white token strategies that already want a discard outlet — think Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim or Myrel, Shield of Argive builds that want bodies on demand at instant speed. In Pauper, the common restriction actually works in its favor: repeatable token generation at common rarity is genuinely useful, and discard synergies like Madness and Flashback make the activation cost feel free. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the power floor there is simply too high for a two-mana 1/1 that requires further investment. Oathbreaker mirrors Commander in that the right signature spell or commander pairing is doing all the heavy lifting.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Icatian Crier is pure bulk — you're paying for the effect, not the card. Bulk commons rarely move without a sudden spike in Pauper tournament play, so don't expect the price to budge.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.