Scythe Tiger
Creature — Cat
Shroud (This creature can't be the target of spells or abilities.)
When this creature enters, sacrifice it unless you sacrifice a land.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Zendikar
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #25883
Scythe Tiger enters as a 3/2 with shroud for one green mana — genuinely impressive stats — but the land-sacrifice clause on entry means you're trading a mana source to deploy it. That tempo hole makes it unplayable in nearly every context where a one-mana threat actually matters.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Scythe Tiger has no meaningful role — the format's slower pace doesn't reward a 3/2 that costs you a land drop, and shroud offers nothing when you're not building around the creature. Pauper is the one format where one-mana commons with real stats get a second look, but even aggressive green lists there prefer bodies that don't punish you for playing them. Legacy and Vintage have access to the same card and ignore it entirely. Scythe Tiger is legal across most formats and sees competitive play in none of them.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Scythe Tiger is deep bulk — the price reflects demand, which is essentially zero. Nothing about its mechanics suggests that changes.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.