Esperzoa
Artifact Creature — Jellyfish
Flying
At the beginning of your upkeep, return an artifact you control to its owner's hand.
- CMC
- 3
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- U
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Modern Masters
- Price
- $0.16
- EDHREC rank
- #21128
Esperzoa is a 4/3 flier for two mana — a rate that would be absurd if the upkeep cost weren't real. Bouncing an artifact every upkeep is a steep tax, but in decks built to exploit that trigger, it's an engine, not a drawback.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Esperzoa is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker. Commander is where it does its best work — artifact-heavy decks can turn the mandatory bounce into repeated enter-the-battlefield triggers, making Esperzoa a value engine rather than a liability. In Legacy and Vintage the raw stats are fine but the upkeep cost is genuinely punishing in a format where tempo is everything, so it rarely sees play. Modern has better two-drop options that don't demand artifact support to function, pushing Esperzoa firmly into niche territory outside of dedicated artifact synergy builds.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.16 bulk tier
At $0.16, Esperzoa is deep bulk — you're picking it out of a commons box, not tracking it down. The price is stable because demand is narrow and supply is plentiful, so don't expect movement in either direction.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.