Shaleskin Plower
Creature — Beast
Morph 
(You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for 
. Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.)
When this creature is turned face up, destroy target land.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Legions
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #27651
Shaleskin Plower destroys a land — that's the whole job, and it does it on a 3/2 body for four mana with a relevant creature type attached. The rate is too slow for most tables, but in dedicated land destruction or Morph tribal shells it earns its slot.
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, Shaleskin Plower sits at the fringe — land destruction is socially punished at most tables, and four mana for a single land hit rarely pulls weight when Avalanche Riders and Stone Rain exist at lower costs or on cheaper bodies. Pauper is where Shaleskin Plower has the most plausible home, since the card pool for land destruction is narrower and the Morph mechanic is more exploitable in that format's creature-dense environments. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant — the competition is simply too efficient for a four-mana 3/2 to register.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Shaleskin Plower is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not the effect. That price won't move; land destruction creatures at this power level have no meaningful demand driver.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.