Lightning Shrieker
Creature — Dragon
Flying, trample, haste
At the beginning of the end step, this creature's owner shuffles it into their library.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Fate Reforged
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #21270
Lightning Shrieker hits for 5 in the air with trample and haste, then vanishes at end of turn — you get one shot, and that's the whole deal. It's a finisher stapled to a drawback, useful only in decks that can copy it, recur it, or don't care that it leaves.
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 |
In Commander, Lightning Shrieker is a niche roleplayer — it shows up in Sneak Attack shells and dragon-typal lists where the bounce clause is either ignored or exploited for repeated ETB triggers. In Pauper, a 5-power hasty flier at common is worth a look in aggressive red builds, though the self-bounce makes it unreliable as a closer without a sacrifice outlet to dodge the clause. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer have faster, stickier threats that make Lightning Shrieker a hard sell outside a very specific gimmick. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: fine if your gameplan wants a repeatable ETB, irrelevant otherwise.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Lightning Shrieker is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price is stable by definition; bulk commons don't move unless a combo breaks out, and nothing on the horizon suggests Lightning Shrieker is that card.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.