Electric Eel
Creature — Fish
When this creature enters, it deals 1 damage to you.
: This creature gets +2/+0 until end of turn and deals 1 damage to you.
- CMC
- 1
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- RU
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- The Dark
- Price
- $0.79
- EDHREC rank
- #30634
Electric Eel is a 1/3 with trample and a damage trigger that shocks you for 3 whenever it deals combat damage — the cost is real and the stats are mediocre. It sees play almost exclusively in decks that weaponize self-damage, and outside that niche it earns no 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 |
Electric Eel is legal in Commander, Legacy, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but the formats where it actually matters are narrow. In Commander it finds a home in self-damage commanders like Rakdos, Lord of Riots, where the 3-damage trigger accelerates cost reduction, or in Nekusar, the Mindrazer-style pain builds that treat life loss as a resource. Legacy and Vintage have access to far more efficient threats, so Electric Eel never appears there competitively. In Oathbreaker the same self-damage synergy logic applies, but the smaller life totals make the 3-damage drawback more punishing to manage.
Key Combos
Combo lines featuring this card
Price Context
Current price
$0.79 bulk tier
At $0.79, Electric Eel sits at the top of the bulk tier — cheap enough to throw in without much thought, but not so worthless it disappears from circulation. The price is stable given its narrow appeal; don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.