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Dirtwater Wraith

Creature — Wraith

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
{B}: This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn.

CMC
4
Mana cost
{3}{B}
Color identity
B
Rarity
common
Set
Mirage
Price
$0.12
EDHREC rank
#23999
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Dirtwater Wraith card art
Dirtwater Wraith is a 1/3 black creature with swampwalk and a {B} activation that pumps its power by +1 until end of turn — a marginal evasion piece that demands a mono-black or near-mono-black opponent just to connect. The activation ceiling is low and the base stats are worse than nearly every comparable threat at three mana, so this belongs in bulk boxes, not decks.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

FormatVerdict
commander legal
legacy legal
modern not legal
pioneer not legal
standard not legal
vintage legal
pauper legal
oathbreaker legal

Dirtwater Wraith is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, Pauper, and Oathbreaker, but legal and playable are different things. In Commander, swampwalk is the most conditional evasion in the game — it does nothing against the three opponents not running Swamps, and the pump activation is too mana-intensive to threaten any meaningful board state. Pauper is the one format where cheap black creatures with evasion occasionally find a home, but Dirtwater Wraith's stats and effect don't clear even that bar. Legacy and Vintage have no use for it.

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Price Context

Current price

$0.12 bulk tier

At $0.12, Dirtwater Wraith is deep bulk — the kind of card that ends up in a dollar box at every game store. The price accurately reflects the demand, which is essentially zero, and there's no realistic scenario that changes that.

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    Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.