Matsu-Tribe Sniper
Creature — Snake Warrior Archer
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.
Whenever this creature deals damage to a creature, tap that creature and it doesn't untap during its controller's next untap step.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Betrayers of Kamigawa
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #17316
Matsu-Tribe Sniper taps to deal 1 damage to target creature with flying — and if that creature was a flier, it gets -1/-1 until end of turn, often finishing the job on x/1 fliers outright. It's a niche hate piece that earns its slot only when your meta is dense with evasive creatures; everywhere else, it's a 1/1 that does almost nothing.
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 |
In Commander, Matsu-Tribe Sniper occupies a narrow anti-flying role that most green decks handle with reach creatures or stackable effects — it sees play almost exclusively in Elf tribal lists where the Warrior subtype or snake synergies matter. In Pauper, the common card pool keeps the competition modest, but dedicated flying hate like Scattershot Archer does the same job with a repeatable pump effect, making Matsu-Tribe Sniper a strict second choice. Legacy and Vintage have enough broken things happening that a 1/1 with a tapping ability never registers. It's a legal card in those formats, but it's not a card for those formats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Matsu-Tribe Sniper is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a dollar box, not budgeting for it. There's no pressure driving that price up, so expect it to stay exactly where it is.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.