Skyshroud Poacher
Creature — Human Rebel
, 
: Search your library for an Elf permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $5.91
- EDHREC rank
- #15600
Skyshroud Poacher is a repeatable Elvish tutor stapled to a 2/2 body — tap it, pay three, and any Elf in your deck goes straight to the battlefield. The activation cost is steep, but in a deck built around Ezuri, Renegade Leader, every Elf you pull is another experience counter trigger waiting to happen.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Ezuri, Renegade Leader
Ezuri, Renegade Leader runs Skyshroud Poacher because it collapses the gap between drawing a tutor and deploying a threat — any Elf in the 99 arrives ready to attack or activate, and Ezuri turns even the weakest bodies into overrun fuel.
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 |
Commander is where Skyshroud Poacher earns its keep — singleton decks reward tutors heavily, and an on-board, repeatable effect that bypasses the hand is genuinely powerful over a long game. Legacy and Vintage permit it, but neither format has the patience for a four-mana 2/2 that taps for an effect; faster Elf synergies exist at lower mana investment. The card is locked out of Modern, Pioneer, Standard, and Pauper entirely. Oathbreaker is legal but niche — stick to Commander.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Budget Alternatives
Cheaper options that do most of the same work
Fauna Shaman covers similar ground at a lower price point: one mana cheaper to activate, hits any creature type, and costs less at retail, though discarding a card is a real cost Skyshroud Poacher never asks for. Chord of Calling and Elvish Harbinger are also worth considering — Harbinger tutors to the top rather than the battlefield but costs far less, while Chord gets any creature directly into play at instant speed, which is strictly better when you can afford it.
Price Context
Current price
$5.91 mid tier
At $5.91, Skyshroud Poacher sits in the mid tier — not a budget inclusion, but not a painful acquisition either. It's a reserved-list card with a single printing, so the price floor is unlikely to drop; if you play Elf tribal in Commander with any regularity, it's a sound buy at this number.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.