Mana Skimmer
Creature — Leech
Flying
Whenever this creature deals damage to a player, tap target land that player controls. That land doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Time Spiral
- Price
- $0.09
- EDHREC rank
- #29083
Mana Skimmer taps down a land every time it deals combat damage to a player — a repeatable mana denial effect stapled to a 2/2 flyer for four mana. The cost is too steep for what you get; four mana buys far more impactful threats in any format.
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 |
Mana Skimmer is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but it earns a slot almost nowhere. In Commander, four mana for a 2/2 flyer with a slow, targeted land tap is too inefficient against three opponents who can simply block or ignore it. In Pauper, where commons compete hard on rate, there are cheaper flyers and more reliable disruption tools. Legacy and Vintage move too fast for a four-drop with no immediate impact to matter. Mana Skimmer is the kind of card that sounds threatening on paper but rarely affects a game before it's irrelevant.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.09 bulk tier
At $0.09, Mana Skimmer is deep bulk — the price reflects its low demand across every format it's legal in. Don't expect that to change; bulk commons and uncommons with narrow effects rarely climb without a sudden spike in competitive interest that nothing about this card invites.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.