Thalakos Scout
Creature — Thalakos Soldier Scout
Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.)
Discard a card: Return this creature to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Tempest Remastered
- Price
- —
- EDHREC rank
- #26503
Thalakos Scout is a evasion-first, low-investment beater: shadow means it connects almost every combat, and the return-to-hand clause keeps it from being a permanent loss to removal or blocks. The cost is that a 1/1 for two mana does almost nothing without a payoff attached — run it because of what it enables, not what it is.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Thalakos Scout earns its slot in decks that care about repeated combat triggers, blink loops, or hand-size payoffs — shadow is reliable evasion in a format full of ground-stalled boards. Pauper is where it sees the most focused play, slotting into shadow-aggro shells that end games before blockers matter. Legacy and Vintage have access to it but have long since moved past 1/1s for two, so it appears only in the most dedicated shadow-tribal lists. Thalakos Scout is a niche role-player, not a format staple in any 60-card context.
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Price Context
Current price
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Price data for Thalakos Scout isn't currently available in this listing, so check Scryfall or TCGPlayer for a current buylist figure. As an older, narrow common, it typically sits at bulk or near-bulk pricing — worth grabbing a copy if the deck wants it, but not a card to chase.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.