Nimana Skydancer
Creature — Human Rogue
Flash
Flying
When this creature enters, target opponent mills two cards. (They put the top two cards of their library into their graveyard.)
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar Rising
- Price
- $0.10
- EDHREC rank
- #21950
Nimana Skydancer enters the battlefield and immediately taxes your opponent's best blocker with a temporary exile, buying you a free swing in the air. The cost is a three-mana 2/1 flier that leaves no lasting board presence once the exiled creature returns.
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 |
Nimana Skydancer is legal in Commander, Pioneer, Modern, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker. In Commander it finds its best home in Dimir or Sultai blink shells, where repeated flicker effects let you retrigger the exile clause every turn rather than once. In Pauper the enter-the-battlefield effect is real, but a 2/1 flier for three that doesn't permanently answer anything is a tough sell in a format where tempo matters this much. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer have no interest — the rate is simply too low.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.10 bulk tier
At $0.10, Nimana Skydancer is deep bulk — the kind of card you pull from a box rather than buy. There is no meaningful price floor to fall through, and supply will always outpace casual demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.