Kitesail Skirmisher
Creature — Human Pirate
Flying
Whenever this creature attacks, another target creature attacking the same player or planeswalker gains flying until end of turn.
Encore 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: For each opponent, create a token copy that attacks that opponent this turn if able. They gain haste. Sacrifice them at the beginning of the next end step. Activate only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Commander Legends
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #20230
Kitesail Skirmisher enters the battlefield and immediately grants your whole team flying until end of turn — no mana, no tap, just an attack trigger waiting to happen. A 1/1 for two mana is a weak body, but the evasion anthem stapled to it makes this a real card in go-wide aggro decks.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Kitesail Skirmisher earns its slot in token-based or wide-board strategies where turning a ground-stalled board into an aerial assault can close games out of nowhere. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive consideration — evasion at common rarity is genuinely scarce, and one-shot combat tricks that scale with board count are worth evaluating on tempo. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; Kitesail Skirmisher doesn't approach the power threshold those formats demand.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Kitesail Skirmisher is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and postage, not the card. Bulk commons don't appreciate, so grab a copy when you need it and don't think twice about the cost.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.