Skyrider Trainee
Creature — Human Soldier
This creature has flying as long as it's enchanted.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Salvat 2005
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #30906
Skyrider Trainee trades early board presence for a late-game aerial threat — it enters as a modest flyer and grows into a serious attacker once you have seven or more power on board. The payoff is real, but the condition means it does nothing until your battlefield is already developed, which is a liability in most competitive metas.
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 |
Skyrider Trainee is a Pauper-legal common, and that's where it has the most plausible home — specifically in white-based go-wide or aura strategies that can hit the seven-power threshold without much trouble. In Commander, the bar is higher: a four-mana 3/3 flyer that needs setup to become a 5/5 is undersized for a 100-card singleton format where threats need to be immediately impactful or combo-relevant. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters — the card doesn't come close to the power level those formats demand. If it earns a slot anywhere, it's Pauper aggro or a dedicated +1/+1 counter Commander build where the threshold is a formality rather than a condition.
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Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Skyrider Trainee isn't currently available, but as a common it almost certainly sits at bulk — expect to find it in the penny bin or as filler in a draft chaff box. At that price point the question isn't cost, it's whether it earns a slot on merit.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.