Pouncing Cheetah
Creature — Cat
Flash
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25452
Pouncing Cheetah is a 3/1 flash creature for three mana — a body that trades with most early threats and ambushes attackers at instant speed. Paying three for a 3/1 with no additional text is a bad deal in any competitive context.
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 |
Pouncing Cheetah is legal across Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper, where efficient commons define the format, a 3/1 flash for three simply doesn't clear the bar — Ambush Viper and Vault Skirge do more for less. In Commander, flash creatures earn their slot by generating value or disrupting key turns; Pouncing Cheetah does neither. Across every format where it's legal, better options exist at the same cost or lower.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Pouncing Cheetah sits firmly in bulk — the kind of card that fills a dollar box and rarely leaves it. There's no competitive demand to push the price up, so bulk is where it stays.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.