Coral Fighters
Creature — Merfolk Soldier
Whenever this creature attacks and isn't blocked, look at the top card of defending player's library. You may put that card on the bottom of that player's library.
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Mirage
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #26776
Coral Fighters trades a look at the top of an opponent's library for a 1/3 body that wins in combat — the effect is minor disruption at best, not card advantage. At one blue mana for a creature that needs to deal combat damage to do anything, the payoff doesn't justify the slot.
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 | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Coral Fighters is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no competitive play in any of them. In Commander, peeking at one opponent's topdeck once — assuming Coral Fighters connects, which a 1/3 often won't — is too narrow to earn a slot over draw spells or creatures with unconditional upside. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more powerful one-mana blue creatures, and the combat-damage trigger puts this well out of contention there. It's a bulk rare curiosity, not a playable.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Coral Fighters sits firmly in bulk territory, and there's no demand pressure that would move it. The price reflects the play rate — which is essentially zero.
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Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.