Skophos Warleader
Creature — Minotaur Warrior
, Sacrifice another creature or an enchantment: This creature gets +1/+0 and gains menace until end of turn. (It can't be blocked except by two or more creatures.)
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros Beyond Death
- Price
- $0.06
- EDHREC rank
- #26918
Skophos Warleader pumps your entire attacking team by +1/+1 for each Minotaur among them — in a dedicated Minotaur tribal deck, that's a board-wide buff that closes games on the spot. The four-mana cost is fair for that ceiling, but outside tribal the card does nothing.
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 |
Skophos Warleader is a Commander card through and through — the format's larger decks give you the critical mass of Minotaurs needed to make the attack trigger punishing. In Pauper it's technically legal but Minotaur tribal has no meaningful shell there. Modern, Pioneer, Legacy, and Vintage all move too fast for a four-mana do-nothing-on-entry creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect. Play it only in a Minotaur Commander deck; everywhere else, it's a bulk rare collecting dust.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.06 bulk tier
At $0.06, Skophos Warleader is deep bulk — it costs less than a sleeve. The price reflects its narrow tribal niche; it won't climb unless a pushed Minotaur commander causes a sudden surge in the archetype's popularity.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.