Canal Monitor
Creature — Lizard
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Rivals of Ixalan
- Price
- $0.11
- EDHREC rank
- #28270
Canal Monitor is a 6/4 for six mana with no evasion, no enters-the-battlefield effect, and no text beyond its creature types — a vanilla body at rare pricing that almost every format has better options for. It's bulk in every sense of the word.
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 |
Canal Monitor is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Pioneer, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legality and playability are different things. In Pauper it isn't even eligible — it's a rare — so that window is closed. In competitive formats like Legacy, Modern, and Vintage, a vanilla 6/4 for six is unplayable on its face. Commander is the one format where a Lizard creature type or a specific tribal synergy could theoretically justify it, but there's no Lizard lord that makes Canal Monitor a must-include, and six mana for a vanilla body is a hard sell when the format's baseline for that slot is cards that immediately change the board state.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.11 bulk tier
At $0.11, Canal Monitor is deep bulk — you'll find it in a common box long before you'd pay for it individually. That price is a ceiling, not a floor; demand is low enough that it's unlikely to move without a future card that specifically rewards Lizard tribal.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.