Tresserhorn Skyknight
Creature — Zombie Knight
Flying
Prevent all damage that would be dealt to this creature by creatures with first strike.
- CMC
- 7
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Coldsnap
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #29897
Tresserhorn Skyknight is a 3/4 flyer with lifelink and first strike for five mana — a reasonable body, but five mana in black-red buys you significantly more threatening cards. It sees play in extremely casual Commander tables and nowhere else worth mentioning.
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 |
Tresserhorn Skyknight is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, a 3/4 flyer with lifelink and first strike for five mana is simply outclassed — black and red have access to Razaketh, the Foulblooded, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled, and countless other five-drops that generate immediate, game-warping value. In Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, the card never appears; those formats demand efficiency that a vanilla-stat flyer cannot provide.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Tresserhorn Skyknight sits firmly in bulk territory, and that price is unlikely to move — there is no competitive demand and no casual breakout application pulling it upward. Pick it up if a pet deck calls for it, but don't expect the copy in your binder to appreciate.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.