Screeching Buzzard
Creature — Bird
Flying
When this creature dies, each opponent discards a card.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Onslaught
- Price
- $0.07
- EDHREC rank
- #26220
Screeching Buzzard makes every opponent discard a card when it dies — a triggered punisher effect stapled to a 2/1 flyer for four mana. The body is underpowered for the cost, so this only earns a slot in decks that can kill it repeatedly or care deeply about each discard trigger.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Screeching Buzzard finds its niche in sacrifice-loop engines and discard-matters builds where triggering opponents' discard three times per death cycle is genuinely threatening. Pauper is where it sees the most competitive consideration — sacrifice synergies at common rarity are limited, and the buzzard's death trigger is a real cost to opponents in that context. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient discard and sacrifice payoffs, so Screeching Buzzard doesn't register in either format. Outside dedicated Commander synergy decks, it's a bulk common that sits on the bench.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.07 bulk tier
At $0.07, Screeching Buzzard is deep bulk — buy a playset without thinking about it. Price movement on a card like this is essentially zero, so pick it up if the synergy fits and forget the financial angle entirely.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.