Rooftop Percher
Creature — Shapeshifter
Changeling (This card is every creature type.)
Flying
When this creature enters, exile up to two target cards from graveyards. You gain 3 life.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- C
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Lorwyn Eclipsed
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #16000
Rooftop Percher enters as a 2/2 flyer with menace, hits the battlefield with a free Shock stapled on — two damage to any target, no conditions. The cost is three mana for a body that trades down in most combat situations, so you run it for the damage trigger, not the creature.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Rooftop Percher is a fringe inclusion in aristocrats or drain shells that want every point of incidental damage to count — it pings a planeswalker, finishes off a low-loyalty threat, or nudges a player closer to lethal. Competitive formats like Modern and Pioneer have no patience for a 3-mana 2/2, even one with relevant evasion; the card simply trades too poorly on rate. Standard and Pauper are the only non-Commander environments where Rooftop Percher could see real play, specifically in aggressive or sacrifice-based commons builds where the enter-the-battlefield trigger pulls extra weight. Across all formats, the ceiling is a role-player, never a centerpiece.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Rooftop Percher sits firmly in bulk territory — it's a throw-in pickup, not a card you're tracking down with intent. The price reflects the ceiling accurately; don't expect movement unless a future set creates a breakout synergy that hasn't appeared yet.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.