Aqueous Form
Enchantment — Aura
Enchant creature
Enchanted creature can't be blocked.
Whenever enchanted creature attacks, scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.)
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Theros
- Price
- $0.40
- EDHREC rank
- #729
Aqueous Form turns any creature into an unblockable scry engine for one blue mana — the ceiling on a one-mana aura is almost never this high. Kotis, the Fangkeeper runs it as a near-auto-include because getting damage through repeatedly is the entire game plan, and the scry keeps the hand loaded.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Kotis, the Fangkeeper
Kotis, the Fangkeeper needs consistent combat damage triggers to function, and Aqueous Form delivers both unblockability and a scry every attack step to find the next piece of the engine.
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
Obeka, Splitter of Seconds wants to connect with the opponent repeatedly to abuse end-step triggers, and Aqueous Form removes the blocking problem entirely while topping up her hand each swing.
Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
Pako exiles cards on combat damage triggers, so Aqueous Form on Pako is a guaranteed exile every turn — Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever builds treat it as a core enabler, not a luxury.
Charix, the Raging Isle
Charix, the Raging Isle has enormous power but no natural evasion, so Aqueous Form is the cleanest answer — one mana to make an effectively unblockable 17/1 that scrys every hit.
Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
When you target a creature with Aqueous Form, Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief copies the Aura onto herself, giving the whole team evasion and scry for the price of one enchantment.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Commander is where Aqueous Form earns its keep — in a multiplayer format full of chunky blockers, one mana to guarantee damage through is a legitimate effect, and the repeated scry turns it into soft card selection over a long game. In Pauper it's a real card, slotting into tempo and Heroic shells where the scry and evasion combo on a one-drop is exactly the kind of efficient threat enabler the format supports. Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer all have it but rarely want it — those formats move too fast and present too many non-combat threats for a combat-centric aura to carry its weight in a 60-card deck. Aqueous Form is a Commander and Pauper card wearing a multi-format legal badge.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.40 bulk tier
At $0.40, Aqueous Form sits firmly in bulk territory and has no realistic reason to climb — it's been widely printed and the demand ceiling is low. Grab copies without hesitation; there's no price risk here.
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Sources
Mentioned
- Kotis, the Fangkeeper
- Obeka, Splitter of Seconds
- Haldan, Avid Arcanist // Pako, Arcane Retriever
- Charix, the Raging Isle
- Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.