Starfighter Pilot
Creature — Human Pilot
Whenever this creature becomes tapped, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Edge of Eternities
- Price
- $0.13
- EDHREC rank
- #18658
Starfighter Pilot is a narrow, low-impact creature that trades on the Star Wars crossover novelty more than on mechanical strength. The stats and abilities don't clear the bar for competitive Commander slots.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Starfighter Pilot is legal across every major format, but that breadth doesn't translate to relevance in any of them. In Commander, a three-mana 2/2 with conditional upside has no place in a 100-card singleton format where every slot competes against years of efficient design. Constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer demand even tighter curves, and Starfighter Pilot doesn't approach playability there. Pauper is the one format where commons get a serious look, but the effect still doesn't match what the format's best aggressive and tempo decks can do at this cost.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.13 bulk tier
At $0.13, Starfighter Pilot sits firmly in bulk territory — the price of a card nobody is actively seeking out. Bulk rares occasionally rebound on a breakout deck discovery, but a vanilla-adjacent common from a licensed set has no realistic path to appreciating.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.