Skyship Stalker
Creature — Cat Dragon
Flying
: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.: This creature gains first strike until end of turn.: This creature gains haste until end of turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Kaladesh Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #16663
Skyship Stalker is a four-mana 3/3 flier with three activated abilities — first strike, trample, and haste — each costing one red mana, all usable on the same turn. The rate is fair but unremarkable on its own; the reason it shows up in curated lists is that Mairsil, the Pretender can cage it and activate all three abilities at once, turning every Mairsil attack into a first-striking, trampling, hasted threat.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mairsil, the Pretender
Mairsil, the Pretender cages Skyship Stalker to stack all three activated abilities onto itself — first strike, trample, and haste on demand — making Skyship Stalker one of the more efficient single-card combat upgrades available to that strategy.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skyship Stalker sees essentially no competitive play in constructed formats — Modern and Legacy have far more efficient four-drops, and Pioneer offers better options at every point on the curve. In Commander it occupies a narrow niche: it's irrelevant in the command zone and a vanilla draft pick in most 99s, but Mairsil, the Pretender decks actively want it because caging a creature with three distinct activated abilities is rare and genuinely powerful. Outside of that specific home, Skyship Stalker is a bulk card regardless of format legality.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data for Skyship Stalker isn't currently available through this page, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for current buylist and market rates. Given its narrow application outside Mairsil, the Pretender builds, it almost certainly sits in bulk or near-bulk territory — pick it up cheaply if you need it, don't expect scarcity to be a factor.
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Sources
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.