Jagged-Scar Archers
Creature — Elf Archer
Jagged-Scar Archers's power and toughness are each equal to the number of Elves you control.
: This creature deals damage equal to its power to target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Duel Decks: Elves vs. Inventors
- Price
- $0.38
- EDHREC rank
- #7703
Jagged-Scar Archers enters as a reach-equipped creature whose power and toughness each equal the number of Elves you control — in a tribal deck, that's a creature that routinely hits 6/6 or larger and picks off anything with flying that tries to go over the top. The cost is two green pips and three mana for a creature that does nothing outside an Elf shell, but in Ezuri, Renegade Leader that narrow condition is rarely a problem.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader runs enough Elves to make Jagged-Scar Archers a credible threat on its own and a hard ceiling for opponents leaning on flyers — the same board state that fuels Ezuri's overrun ability turns the Archers into a one-card aerial lockout.
Lathril, Blade of the Elves
Lathril, Blade of the Elves floods the board with Elf tokens, and Jagged-Scar Archers scales directly off that count — in a typical Lathril build with a dozen creatures in play, the Archers are patrolling the skies as a 12/12 with reach.
Abomination of Llanowar
Abomination of Llanowar cares about raw Elf density in the same way, and Jagged-Scar Archers benefits identically — every Elf making Abomination larger also makes the Archers larger, so both creatures scale off the same resource.
Marwyn, the Nurturer
Marwyn, the Nurturer wants every Elf it can find to pump her power and generate mana, and Jagged-Scar Archers slips into that count while also answering the flying threats that would otherwise end games before Marwyn's engine gets online.
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury
Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury generates Elf tokens steadily over the course of a game, and each one makes Jagged-Scar Archers a more imposing piece of aerial defense — the Archers reward the same patient, incremental strategy Freyalise encourages.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Jagged-Scar Archers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is squarely Commander — specifically mono-green or Golgari Elf tribal, where the board is routinely packed with enough creatures to make the scaling relevant. In Legacy and Modern, the card sees essentially no competitive play; tribal synergy pieces at three mana compete against a much higher efficiency bar, and a creature that does nothing in isolation doesn't make the cut. Commander is the format where the Archers earn their slot, functioning as both a board-state-dependent threat and a permanent answer to the flyers that Elf decks otherwise struggle to address.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.38 bulk tier
At $0.38, Jagged-Scar Archers is deep bulk — it fills a specific role in Elf tribal and costs almost nothing to acquire. Stable bulk like this doesn't move much in either direction unless a new Elf commander pushes the archetype into wider play.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.