Shriekdiver
Creature — Zombie Bird Warrior
Flying
: This creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- War of the Spark
- Price
- $0.08
- EDHREC rank
- #25542
Shriekdiver gives any creature you control the ability to deal combat damage as though it weren't blocked — for just one black mana and a tap. That's a repeatable, on-demand evasion engine stapled to a 1/1 body, and in any deck that wants damage to connect, the cost is almost embarrassing.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Shriekdiver is a role-player in ninjutsu and combat-damage-trigger decks — it isn't a cornerstone card, but it fills a specific gap that few other cards fill as cheaply. Pauper is where it quietly earns more respect: evasion at common is scarce, and a repeatable pseudo-unblockable effect at one mana is genuinely above-rate for the format. In Modern and Legacy, Shriekdiver doesn't compete — those formats have faster, more resilient threats, and a 1/1 with no immediate impact on the board isn't worth a slot. Pioneer sits in a similar position: playable in fringe ninjutsu strategies but absent from any competitive list.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.08 bulk tier
At $0.08, Shriekdiver is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box before you'll find it on a wishlist. The price is stable by definition; there's no meaningful demand pressure that would move a card at this tier unless a future set makes ninjutsu a dominant Commander archetype.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.