Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker
Creature — Snake Warrior Archer
Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
: This creature gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Saviors of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #26056
Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker is a four-mana 2/3 that can tap or untap a target creature with flying — a narrow hate piece that barely earns its slot against any table without fliers. The effect is real in the right matchup and invisible in every other game.
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 |
Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander it's a fringe consideration only in dedicated green hate-bears builds facing consistent flying threats, and even there dedicated answers like Bower Passage or Whiptongue Hydra do more work. In Pauper, where the card is legal and the format rewards cheap, efficient creatures, four mana for a 2/3 with a tap ability is simply too slow. Across Legacy and Vintage the card is unplayable on rate.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker sits firmly in bulk territory. Demand is too narrow to push the price anywhere — it fills a slot in a very specific deck or not at all.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.