Skittish Kavu
Creature — Kavu
This creature gets +1/+1 as long as no opponent controls a white or blue creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Invasion
- Price
- $0.14
- EDHREC rank
- #30090
Skittish Kavu is a 3/3 for three mana that turns itself off the moment an opponent plays a creature — which, in Commander, means it's rarely attacking after turn three. The upside doesn't justify the liability; there are cleaner three-drop beaters that don't come with a built-in off switch.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skittish Kavu is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, the four-player environment guarantees that someone at the table always has a creature in play, so Skittish Kavu spends most of the game as a vanilla 3/3 that can't attack or block. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient three-drops, and neither format has any reason to run it. It's a bulk card in every format where it's legal.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.14 bulk tier
At $0.14, Skittish Kavu is deep bulk — the kind of card that fills a common box and rarely leaves it. There's no demand pressure to push the price up, so it's stable only in the way that floor prices are stable.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.