Parapet Watchers
Creature — Kithkin Soldier
: This creature gets +0/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- UW
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Shadowmoor
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #30962
Parapet Watchers puts a vigilance-granting tap ability on a 2/4 body for four mana — reasonable stats, real utility if you're in a creature-combat-focused Commander build. The rate is fair but unexciting; you're running it because the effect slots into a specific strategy, not because the card demands a slot on its own.
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, Parapet Watchers earns consideration in go-wide or vigilance-matters decks where keeping blockers up while swinging is a recurring problem — the tap ability scales with the number of creatures you can target each turn. In Pauper, the four-mana cost and vanilla-adjacent stats compete against a crowded pool of efficient commons, so it needs a dedicated synergy shell to justify the slot. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the power bar is simply too high for a four-mana 2/4 to see play. Oathbreaker follows the same logic as Commander — playable in the right build, invisible everywhere else.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Parapet Watchers is deep bulk — pick it out of a commons box rather than paying for shipping. Don't expect that to change; vigilance-granting utility at this rate has no scarcity driving it upward.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.