Steeple Roc
Creature — Bird
Flying, first strike
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Dragon's Maze
- Price
- $0.03
- EDHREC rank
- #28890
Steeple Roc is a 3/2 flying first striker for four mana — a reasonable body that wins combat against most ground creatures and a lot of fliers. The cost is that four mana for a 3/2 with no enters-the-battlefield effect is simply below rate in any competitive context.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Steeple Roc is a bulk common in every format it's legal in, and it sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, a 3/2 flier with first strike at four mana competes with a long list of creatures that do more for the same cost, and it has no enters-the-battlefield trigger, no synergy text, and no build-around potential. Pauper is the one format where aggressive white fliers can matter, but even there Steeple Roc is outclassed by cheaper options. Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, and Vintage don't register it at all.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.03 bulk tier
At $0.03, Steeple Roc is deep bulk — you're paying for the cardboard, not the effect. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; there's no realistic scenario where demand pushes it higher.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.