Slickshot Show-Off
Creature — Bird Wizard
Flying, haste
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, this creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn.
Plot 
(You may pay and exile this card from your hand. Cast it as a sorcery on a later turn without paying its mana cost. Plot only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- rare
- Set
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction Promos
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #8781
Slickshot Show-Off hits the table as a two-mana flying threat that snowballs immediately — every noncreature spell you cast pumps it with +1/+0 counters and grants evasion, turning a single spell-heavy turn into lethal damage out of nowhere. The cost is real: it demands a spell-dense shell to be more than a 2/1 flier, and it folds to any removal before you untap, but in the right deck that risk is worth taking.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Balmor, Battlemage Captain
Balmor, Battlemage Captain's ability to pump the whole team with each instant or sorcery stacks directly on top of what Slickshot Show-Off is already doing — a single turn with three spells can represent ten or more damage through the air from Show-Off alone.
Bria, Riptide Rogue
Bria, Riptide Rogue rewards casting noncreature spells to enable connive, and Slickshot Show-Off turns that same stream of spells into a growing flying threat that closes the game the turn Bria connects and refuels your hand.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Slickshot Show-Off is a legitimate threat in Izzet spell-slinger builds — it's cheap enough to deploy early and dangerous enough to demand an answer before you untap, which is a real ask in a 100-card singleton format where disruption is spread thin. In Pioneer and Modern it sees play in prowess-adjacent aggressive strategies, where the density of cheap cantrips and burn spells can make it a turn-three kill piece. Legacy has better options at the same slot, but Slickshot Show-Off isn't embarrassing there — it just has stiff competition. Standard and Pioneer are where it has the most structural support right now, with enough cheap noncreature spells to reliably trigger it multiple times on the turn it attacks.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
Pricing data isn't available at the moment — check Scryfall or your preferred retailer for a current number on Slickshot Show-Off. Given its competitive presence across Pioneer and Modern, it typically trades above bulk rare territory, so expect to pay accordingly if you're picking one up for a spell-slinger build.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.