Veteran Ice Climber
Creature — Human Scout
Vigilance
This creature can't be blocked.
Whenever this creature attacks, up to one target player mills cards equal to this creature's power. (They put that many cards from the top of their library into their graveyard.)
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm
- Price
- $0.17
- EDHREC rank
- #14579
Veteran Ice Climber gives a creature flying and reach until end of turn — a narrow, one-shot effect on a four-mana 2/3 body that asks too much for too little. Worse payoffs than this don't see play; neither should it.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Veteran Ice Climber is legal across every major constructed format, but that's a technicality, not an endorsement. In Commander, where every card competes against the best singleton options available, a four-mana creature that temporarily grants flying and reach has no realistic home — the effect doesn't scale with the format's power demands. In Standard, Pioneer, and Modern, aggro and midrange decks have no use for a 2/3 that spends mana to do what evasion-native creatures do for free. Veteran Ice Climber doesn't carve out a niche anywhere on the format spectrum.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.17 bulk tier
At $0.17, Veteran Ice Climber is deep bulk — the kind of price that reflects near-zero demand rather than hidden accessibility value. Don't expect that floor to move; cards this situational don't recover without a dramatic rules or metagame shift that isn't coming.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.