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Elvish Mariner

Creature — Elf Pilot

Whenever this creature attacks, scry 1.
Whenever you scry, tap up to X target nonland permanents, where X is the number of cards looked at while scrying this way.

CMC
3
Mana cost
{2}{U}
Color identity
U
Rarity
rare
Set
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-earth
Price
$1.02
EDHREC rank
#6512
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Elvish Mariner card art
Elvish Mariner taps a nonland permanent on entry and again on attack — repeatable tempo that fuels tap-matters payoffs without any additional investment. Hylda of the Icy Crown turns every one of those taps into a token or a card, and Elrond, Master of Healing counts it as a scry trigger; either way, a two-mana 1/1 is doing real work.

Best Commanders

Commanders with the highest synergy

01
Elrond, Master of Healing

Elrond, Master of Healing

74.9% of decks · synergy 0.73

Elrond, Master of Healing triggers off every scry, and Elvish Mariner's enter-the-battlefield tap feeds that engine on the same turn it lands — it's one of the most consistent rate-of-return cards in the deck at 74.9% inclusion across 2,303 lists.

03
Hylda of the Icy Crown

Hylda of the Icy Crown

50.0% of decks · synergy 0.47

Hylda of the Icy Crown converts each tap of an opponent's permanent into a tangible payoff, and Elvish Mariner delivers that tap on entry and every subsequent attack — nearly half of all Hylda lists run it for exactly that reason.

04
Elminster

Elminster

33.8% of decks · synergy 0.31

Elminster cares about scry effects and spell sequencing, and Elvish Mariner's tap doubles as a soft lock piece that slows down blockers while keeping the scry chain alive — 33.8% inclusion across 5,488 decks puts it squarely in the role-player tier.

05
Galadriel, Elven-Queen

Galadriel, Elven-Queen

24.8% of decks · synergy 0.22

Galadriel, Elven-Queen wants bodies that generate value through scrying and tempo plays, and Elvish Mariner fits both asks cheaply — 24.8% inclusion in 2,216 decks reflects a real niche even if it's not the first card cut for.

Format Analysis

Where it lives, where it can’t

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

Elvish Mariner is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but its home is clearly Commander — the formats where a 1/1 for two that taps a permanent once sees meaningful play are narrow, and Legacy and Vintage have no interest in that rate. In Commander, the card earns its slot exclusively in tap-matters or scry-matters builds; generic blue-green decks have no reason to run it. Outside Commander, it's a non-factor: Modern has far more efficient tempo tools, and the card simply doesn't clear the power threshold for competitive 60-card formats.

Key Combos

Combo lines featuring this card

Price Context

Current price

$1.02 cheap tier

At $1.02, Elvish Mariner sits at the low end of the cheap tier — low enough that it's a no-brainer inclusion if your commander wants it, with essentially no financial risk. It's niche enough that demand will stay flat; don't expect movement in either direction.

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