Skyshroud War Beast
Creature — Beast
Trample
As this creature enters, choose an opponent.
Skyshroud War Beast's power and toughness are each equal to the number of nonbasic lands the chosen player controls.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Exodus
- Price
- $0.46
- EDHREC rank
- #26020
Skyshroud War Beast enters as a massive trampler whose power and toughness scale with the number of nonbasic lands your opponents control — in a four-player Commander pod, that's routinely a 10/10 or larger on turn five for five mana. The ceiling is real, but the floor is punishing: against basic-heavy decks it's just a vanilla 0/0 that dies immediately.
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 the only format where Skyshroud War Beast is worth discussing. In a four-player pod, opponents collectively run 30–40 nonbasic lands as a baseline, which means Skyshroud War Beast reliably enters as a 10/10 or bigger with trample — legitimate stats for five mana in green. Legacy and Vintage are legal but irrelevant; a five-mana creature with no enters-the-battlefield effect and a conditional stat line has no place in those formats. In Commander, it fits best in stompy or ramp shells that don't need the Beast to do anything except attack, but even there it competes with creatures that bring their own stats unconditionally.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.46 bulk tier
At $0.46, Skyshroud War Beast is firmly bulk — the price reflects its narrow playability rather than any scarcity. It's unlikely to climb; conditional stat creatures without additional abilities rarely develop secondary market demand.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.