Skyway Sniper
Creature — Elf Archer
Reach (This creature can block creatures with flying.)
: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature with flying.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Core Set 2021
- Price
- $0.19
- EDHREC rank
- #19749
Skyway Sniper trades one mana and a tap to deal 2 damage — exclusively to creatures with flying or reach — which is a narrow, low-impact rate in almost any context. The restriction makes it worse than most pingers as removal and worse than most tapping effects as a combat deterrent.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Skyway Sniper is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but competitive play across all of those formats has no real use for it. In Commander, where games go long and threats scale up fast, 2 damage to a flying creature is rarely relevant and the tap cost compounds the inefficiency. Constructed formats have access to far more efficient interaction at one mana, so Skyway Sniper never makes the cut.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.19 bulk tier
At $0.19, Skyway Sniper sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price reflects its playability accurately. There's no pressure driving it up — no combo home, no niche format demand — so it stays a bulk common.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.