Sawblade Slinger
Creature — Human Archer
When this creature enters, choose up to one —
• Destroy target artifact an opponent controls.
• This creature fights target Zombie an opponent controls.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Innistrad: Crimson Vow
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #21693
Sawblade Slinger puts a repeatable ping engine on the board — tap to deal 1 damage to any target for each modified creature you control, which scales fast in counters or Equipment builds. The three-mana cost is fair for a threat that doubles as removal and chip damage the moment you have two or three modified creatures online.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Sawblade Slinger does its best work, slotting into any deck that reliably modifies creatures — counters-matter builds, Voltron shells, or Equipment-heavy lists can turn it into a machine-gun that picks off mana dorks or closes out a table over several turns. In competitive 60-card formats like Modern and Legacy it's too slow and too conditional; decks that modify creatures there want payoffs that close the game immediately, not a tapper that deals incremental damage. Pioneer and Oathbreaker are similarly unappealing outside of niche brew territory. Treat this as a Commander-specific card and evaluate it accordingly.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Sawblade Slinger is deep bulk — pick it up in a common box or throw it in any order to hit free shipping. Bulk rares with narrow synergy conditions rarely climb without a specific spike trigger, so don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.