Ambassador Laquatus

Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

{3}: Target player mills three cards.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{1}{U}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
Torment
Price
$0.74
EDHREC rank
#18193
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Ambassador Laquatus card art
Ambassador Laquatus turns any amount of mana into a mill engine — pay three, target loses three cards, repeat until they're out or you're tapped out. The catch is that activation cost compounds fast, and against a 99-card Commander deck you need either infinite mana or a loop like Underworld Breach to close the game before you run dry.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander
legacy
modern
pioneer
standard
vintage
pauper
oathbreaker

Ambassador Laquatus is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but Commander is the only format where it sees meaningful play. In competitive 60-card formats like Legacy and Vintage, three mana to mill three cards is far too inefficient against a 60-card library when dedicated mill spells like Tasha's Hideous Laughter or Maddening Cacophony exist. Commander is where Ambassador Laquatus earns its slot: infinite mana combos are abundant in blue, the 99-card library turns its repeated activations into a legitimate win condition, and it doubles as a commander option for players who want mill at the command zone. In Oathbreaker it's technically playable but faces the same efficiency ceiling as other formats — the 60-card library keeps the math uncomfortable without an infinite mana outlet.

Key Combos

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Price Context

Current price

$0.74 bulk tier

At $0.74, Ambassador Laquatus sits firmly in bulk territory — this is a pickup-from-a-bulk-bin card, not a singles order. The price is stable and unlikely to move much; its narrow mill identity and commander-only relevance keep demand low enough that supply will always outpace it.

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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.