Thriving Skyclaw
Creature — Cat Dragon
Flying
When this creature enters, you get 
(three energy counters).
Whenever this creature attacks, you may pay . If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on it.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- R
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Modern Horizons 3
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #19885
Thriving Skyclaw enters as a 2/2 flying, menace creature that lets you put a +1/+1 counter on another target creature you control — immediate board presence plus a counter distribution on arrival. At four mana for that stat line and effect, it's a role-player in dedicated counters builds but too slow and too small to justify a slot anywhere else.
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 | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Thriving Skyclaw is a Commander card through and through — the format's slower pace and synergy-first construction are the only context where a four-mana 2/2 with an enters-the-battlefield counter distribution is worth a slot. In Pauper it's legal but competes against creatures that do more for less, and it won't make a list there. Legacy and Vintage are non-starters; the card doesn't interact with anything those formats care about. Commander is where Thriving Skyclaw finds its ceiling, and even then only in decks that specifically reward flying creatures, menace, or +1/+1 counter synergies.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Thriving Skyclaw is deep bulk — you're paying for cardboard, not scarcity. Demand is narrow enough that the price isn't going anywhere, so grab a copy if the synergy fits and don't think twice about it.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.