Norwood Archers
Creature — Elf Archer
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Portal Second Age
- Price
- $0.86
- EDHREC rank
- #27650
Norwood Archers is a 2/3 reach blocker for four mana — a rate so far below curve that it sees essentially no competitive play in any format. The effect is real but the cost is not.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Norwood Archers is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but seeing play in virtually none of them. Pauper is the one format where cheap, evasion-relevant creatures matter most, and even there a 2/3 reach for four mana can't compete with options that cost half as much. In Commander, reach blockers aren't a meaningful strategy, and four mana demands a body that advances your board state rather than just occupying it. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a vanilla-adjacent creature at this rate.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.86 bulk tier
At $0.86, Norwood Archers sits at the high end of bulk — more than its playability warrants. Demand is low enough that this price is unlikely to hold as supply from older sets filters into the market.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.