Skyshroud Archer
Creature — Elf Archer
: Target creature with flying gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Stronghold
- Price
- $0.15
- EDHREC rank
- #27107
Skyshroud Archer puts a repeatable tap-to-tap on the board for one green mana — relevant interaction at instant speed, every turn, for nothing but the initial investment. A 1/1 body that dies to a stiff breeze is the cost, and in most tables that trade is fine.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Skyshroud Archer occupies a narrow niche: elf-tribal decks that want redundant tap effects to lock down flyers or stall opposing attackers during the combo turn. Outside of that shell, a 1/1 that taps to tap a creature rarely makes the 99 over cards with more immediate impact. In Pauper, Skyshroud Archer is legal but competes with a dense field of cheap green creatures, and the tap-down effect rarely justifies the slot in any established archetype. Legacy and Vintage are legal on paper; in practice, Skyshroud Archer never touches those formats.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.15 bulk tier
At $0.15, Skyshroud Archer is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard and shipping, not the card. Bulk commons stay bulk; there's no meaningful demand driver that changes that.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.