Skyshooter
Creature — Centaur Archer
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
, Sacrifice this creature: Destroy target attacking or blocking creature with flying.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Odyssey
- Price
- $0.24
- EDHREC rank
- #23248
Skyshooter is a two-mana 1/2 with reach that taps to deal damage equal to its power to a target attacking creature with flying — a narrow combat trick stapled to a body that rarely threatens anything. Outside of Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant decks that pump its power and turn that tap ability into real removal, Skyshooter is too small and too situational to earn a slot.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant
Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant cares about creatures with reach attacking, and Skyshooter fits that trigger while Tadeas's power-pumping effect turns the tap ability into a credible air-traffic controller — a 4/5 Skyshooter shooting down dragons is the whole reason it exists.
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 |
In Commander, Skyshooter is a niche inclusion that only justifies itself under Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant, where reach synergy and power boosts convert it from a blank to a repeatable flier-killer. In Legacy and Vintage it is technically legal but there is no competitive context where a two-mana 1/2 with a conditional tap ability clears the bar for a format slot. Oathbreaker is the same story — it could theoretically show up in a Simic reach-matters shell, but the power level ceiling is too low to compete with dedicated answers.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.24 bulk tier
At $0.24, Skyshooter is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the card. At that price it costs nothing to try in a Tadeas, Juniper Ascendant build, but don't expect the price to move; narrow tribal-adjacent filler rarely climbs.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.