Kolaghan Skirmisher
Creature — Human Warrior
Dash 
(You may cast this spell for its dash cost. If you do, it gains haste, and it's returned from the battlefield to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragons of Tarkir
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #29320
Kolaghan Skirmisher is a 2/1 with dash that temporarily grants itself +1/+0 and menace when it enters — it hits for 3 through single blockers and bounces back to hand, dodging sorcery-speed removal. The effect is real, but a 2/1 body in a 100-card format is aggressively underpowered unless the deck specifically rewards repeated enters-the-battlefield triggers or dash activations.
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 |
Kolaghan Skirmisher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander, it's only worth the slot in dedicated Rakdos dash or ETB-trigger shells — otherwise a 2/1 with a temporary buff is not threatening enough to justify a card. In Pauper, aggressive red or Rakdos decks can actually use the evasion and the built-in removal dodge from dashing, making it marginally more competitive there than anywhere else. Across Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, the power floor is simply too low — formats that fast have no patience for a 2/1 that has to pay mana every turn to stay relevant.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Kolaghan Skirmisher is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a common box without a second thought. There's no realistic demand driver that changes this price, so treat it as a free include if the slot fits, not a pickup worth hunting.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.