Stun Sniper
Creature — Human Archer
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: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. Tap that creature.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RW
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Alara Reborn
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #20959
Stun Sniper lets you tap a creature and deal 1 damage to it on demand — a repeatable, instant-speed tap effect that doubles as a pinger whenever you have a white or red source to activate it. The two-mana activation cost adds up fast, so it earns its slot only when you can exploit the tap repeatedly in a single turn.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Stun Sniper is a Commander card through and through — the formats where it's legal outside of EDH (Legacy, Modern, Vintage) have no interest in a two-mana-per-activation tap effect when cheaper, unconditional answers exist. In Commander, it finds a real home in decks that loop activations in a single turn: Boros untap engines, Radha-style combat decks, or any shell that generates enough mana to fire it multiple times and lock down blockers before an alpha strike. Outside those dedicated synergy homes, it's too mana-hungry to compete with removal that just kills the creature outright.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Stun Sniper is pure bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so grab it for a quarter and don't think twice.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.