Tah-Crop Elite
Creature — Bird Warrior
Flying
You may exert this creature as it attacks. When you do, creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. (An exerted creature won't untap during your next untap step.)
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Amonkhet
- Price
- $0.04
- EDHREC rank
- #25129
Tah-Crop Elite grants vigilance and +1/+1 to attacking creatures until end of turn — a meaningful combat buff that pressures opponents while keeping your board untapped to block. Four mana for a 3/2 that requires an exert cost to activate is a steep ask 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 |
Tah-Crop Elite is a fringe card in every format it's legal in. In Commander, the exert ability scales poorly — tapping Tah-Crop Elite to pump attackers once per combat cycle on a 3/2 body doesn't justify the slot in most white strategies, though token-wide aggro decks helmed by commanders like Jetmir, Nexus of Revels can extract some value from the mass vigilance grant. In Pauper, where commons compete hard for creature slots, a four-mana 3/2 with a conditional buff is below rate. Legacy, Vintage, and Pioneer offer no realistic home for it — the card is strictly outclassed.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.04 bulk tier
At $0.04, Tah-Crop Elite is deep bulk — you'll find it in common boxes and draft chaff piles. There's no trajectory that lifts a four-mana 3/2 exert creature out of that tier.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.