Tah-Crop Skirmisher
Creature — Snake Warrior
Embalm 
(, Exile this card from your graveyard: Create a token that's a copy of it, except it's a white Zombie Snake Warrior with no mana cost. Embalm only as a sorcery.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Pioneer Masters
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #28623
Tah-Crop Skirmisher is a 2/3 lifelinker for three mana — passable stats, no enters-the-battlefield effect, no evasion beyond what lifelink implies. It does nothing you can't get from a dozen better cards at the same cost.
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 Skirmisher is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal doesn't mean playable. In Pauper, the most honest environment for commons, a 2/3 lifelinker for three competes against creatures that come with triggers, keywords stacked two deep, or relevant creature types — Tah-Crop Skirmisher brings none of that. In Commander, the 100-card singleton format demands cards that either combo, generate value, or fill a deck-specific role; this does none of those things. Across every 60-card format, the card simply doesn't reach the power threshold to see play.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
unknown tier
No current price data is available for Tah-Crop Skirmisher, which tracks — bulk commons with no competitive application rarely hold a stable market. If you need a copy for a specific tribal or flavor build, expect to find it in a bulk bin for pennies.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.