Pierce the Sky
Instant
Pierce the Sky deals 7 damage to target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dominaria
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26104
Pierce the Sky kills a flying creature at instant speed for two mana — clean, unconditional on its axis, and exactly what green reaches for when it needs to handle an evasive threat. It's a serviceable role-player, not a staple.
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 |
In Commander, Pierce the Sky earns a slot only in green decks that routinely face flyers and lack access to better answers — it trades one-for-one with a Consecrated Sphinx or Blightsteel Colossus in the air, which matters. Pauper is where Pierce the Sky is most relevant competitively, since the removal suite is constrained by rarity and hitting a Faerie or Kor Skyfisher at instant speed for two mana is real value. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer the competition from more flexible removal is too steep — you're not running this over Boseiju, Who Endures or Fatal Push. Vintage barely considers cards this narrow. Across formats, the card is fine at what it does; it's just rarely the best tool for the job.
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Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Pierce the Sky is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. Bulk commons don't appreciate; buy it when you need it and don't think twice about the price.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.