Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By
Creature — Mouse // Sorcery — Adventure
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- W
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.29
- EDHREC rank
- #10179
Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By is a one-mana 1/1 with lifelink that becomes a free Adventure spell when you need to push through late — the combination punches well above a single mana. Mabel, Heir to Cragflame runs it in nearly two-thirds of builds because the Mouse triggers her equipment-matters engine on a body that trades up on life total.
Best Commanders
Commanders with the highest synergy
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame wants cheap creatures that reward suiting up, and Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By delivers a one-mana lifelink body that triggers Mabel's Aura and Equipment synergies while the Squeak By half lets the deck slip past a stalled board when it needs to close.
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven
Jasmine Boreal of the Seven cares about vanilla and french-vanilla creatures, and Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By's unadorned front face qualifies — Jasmine draws a card off it while the Adventure back gives the deck a combat tool that a pure vanilla suite otherwise lacks.
Gorion, Wise Mentor
Gorion, Wise Mentor targets Adventure spells to cascade into free casts, and Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By gives Gorion a one-mana Adventure trigger on demand — a creature and a spell stapled together for a single card slot.
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 |
In Commander, Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By earns its slot in dedicated synergy builds — Mabel, Heir to Cragflame in particular — but it's too low-impact to run outside those shells just as an aggressive one-drop. In constructed formats like Modern and Pioneer it occupies a narrow role in creature-light Adventure synergy decks, where the double-faced value matters more than the body. Standard is the most forgiving home for it, where one-mana lifelink on an Adventure creature carries real tempo weight in aggro and midrange shells. Legacy and Vintage have no interest in it — the effect is honest but modest against those format's power ceilings.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.29 bulk tier
At $0.29, Cheeky House-Mouse // Squeak By is bulk, and that's the right price for a card this narrow. It won't hold meaningful value outside a spike in Mabel, Heir to Cragflame's popularity, so pick up copies when you need them and don't speculate on movement.
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Sources
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.