Blockade Runner
Creature — Merfolk
: This creature can't be blocked this turn.
- CMC
- 4
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Mercadian Masques
- Price
- $0.12
- EDHREC rank
- #28326
Blockade Runner gives any creature you control unblockable until end of turn for one blue mana — instant speed, repeatable every turn it's in play. At two mana to cast, it's a compact evasion engine in any deck that wants reliable damage through.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | not legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Blockade Runner is a Commander staple candidate in any blue deck built around combat — rogues, ninjas, and infect commanders in particular treat it as a guaranteed unblockable enabler. In Pauper it competes in tempo and evasion shells where cheap, repeatable effects punch above their weight. Legacy and Vintage are too fast and spell-dense for a two-mana creature that doesn't immediately change the board state. Blockade Runner's real home is the slower, creature-combat-focused tables where activating it turn after turn quietly closes games.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.12 bulk tier
At $0.12, Blockade Runner is deep bulk — pick it up in any commons box without thinking twice. Repeatable unblockable effects rarely stay this cheap if they see wider adoption, but there's no current pressure pushing this one off the floor.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.