Silvercoat Lion
Creature — Cat
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Magic 2011
- Price
- $0.05
- EDHREC rank
- #23898
Silvercoat Lion is a 2/2 for two mana with no abilities — a textbook vanilla creature that does nothing beyond occupying a slot on the board. It does not belong in any constructed deck where card quality 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 |
Silvercoat Lion is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In every Constructed format, a 2/2 for two with no text loses to nearly any other two-drop that brings an ability, enters-the-battlefield trigger, or keyword. Pauper is the one format where commons-only restrictions tighten the card pool, but even there, white has access to strictly better two-drops. In Commander, 100-card singleton demand makes every slot precious, and Silvercoat Lion competes against utility creatures that do real work — it never wins that competition.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.05 bulk tier
At $0.05, Silvercoat Lion sits at the bottom of the bulk tier — the price of a card that sees no meaningful demand. That price is stable for the same reason it's low: no competitive application exists to drive it anywhere.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.