Skyshroud Ridgeback
Creature — Beast
Fading 2 (This creature enters with two fade counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Nemesis
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #30484
Skyshroud Ridgeback is a 3/3 for two mana with a meaningful downside: it can't block unless you control a Forest. Outside green-heavy decks, that restriction makes it unplayable; inside them, it's still outclassed by creatures that do more.
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 |
Skyshroud Ridgeback sees no meaningful play in Commander — a vanilla 3/3 for two needs a niche, and this one has none. In Pauper, where efficient creatures matter more, the blocking restriction is punishing against aggressive strategies and green already has better two-drops. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in a 3/3 with no text beyond a conditional downside. This card exists in the bulk bin across every format it's legal in.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Skyshroud Ridgeback is deep bulk — the kind of card that costs more to ship than to buy. There's no demand driver that changes that, so don't expect the price to move.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.